https://freerepublic.com/tag/by:media2powerful/ en-us Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:31:08 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/566650/posts Nothing to fear but, um, that The Wichita Eagle November 8, 2001 By L. Kelly Take a deep breath and repeat after me: "I am going to die." Didn't like that, did you? Feels creepy and unnatural, doesn't it? But the truth is, it's completely natural. It's just that no one wants to face it. Everybody dies, and so will you and I, sooner or later (let's hope later, much later). We all know that, but intellectual acknowledgment is a far cry from emotional acceptance. And that, my friends, is what makes us so crazy when we think about anthrax ... The Wichita Eagle https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/566650/posts#comment Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:31:08 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/553245/posts Opinion pages need to reflect differing views By Phillip Brownlee Those of us in the opinion business are used to criticism. We're regularly accused of being too liberal or too conservative -- sometimes for the same editorial. Still, I've been surprised by an increase in people lately who don't just disagree with a particular Reader Views letter or Opinion Line call; they are upset with The Eagle for publishing rather than censoring those opinions. I disagree. The complaints are often related to the Sept. 11 attacks and the resulting feelings of patriotism and fear -- which are understandable and ... The Wichita Eagle https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/553245/posts#comment Sun, 21 Oct 2001 15:53:39 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/534193/posts Florida lawmaker proposes Second Amendment license plate The Second Amendment, part of the Bill of Rights, gives Americans the rights to gun ownership. Thursday, September 27, 2001 Associated Press TALLAHASSEE — A state lawmaker is proposing a specialty license plate that would celebrate the right to keep and bear arms while raising money to teach kids about gun safety. Rep. Ken Littlefield filed a bill (HB 149) in the state Legislature that would create the state's 51st specialty license tag commemorating the Second Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees Americans the right the carry a gun. "We need to ... Associated Press https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/534193/posts#comment Thu, 27 Sep 2001 23:04:10 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/533848/posts Wichita Eagle Wanted: Airborne gunslingers By L. Kelly Funny how suddenly handguns are no longer the enemy. Suddenly, lots of people who have been shaken by the terrorist attacks see handguns the way that longtime gun owners do, as a tool. How a gun is used depends on the intention and skill of the user. (You know, the old "guns don't kill people, people kill people" thing.) I've frequently noted that those who focused on guns as inherently dangerous, even evil, never applied that same illogic to knives. In recent years, both the public and news media have been obsessed ... The Wichita Eagle https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/533848/posts#comment Thu, 27 Sep 2001 14:21:58 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/523614/posts STATEMENT BY JERRY FALWELL ON 700 CLUB COMMENTS Senior Pastor, Thomas Road Baptist Church and Chancellor, Liberty University Lynchburg, Virginia September 14, 2001 Despite the impression some may have from news reports today, I hold no one other than the terrorists and the people and nations who have enabled and harbored them responsible for Tuesday's attacks on this nation. I sincerely regret that comments I made during a long theological discussion on a Christian television program yesterday were taken out of their context and reported, and that my thoughts--reduced to sound bites--have detracted from the spirit of this day of ... Falwell.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/523614/posts#comment Sat, 15 Sep 2001 01:10:41 GMT https://freerepublic.com/forum/a39fc300e5b7a.htm EDITORIAL The Wichita Eagle newspaper 825 E. Douglas Wichita, Kan. 67202 316.268.6000 Sunday, October 29, 2000 OUR VIEW The past eight years under President Bill Clinton have shown us that a legacy can be full of contradictions. Looking back, there has been a decrease in violent crime, but an increase in fear. No declared wars, but a staggering number of military deployments. Plenty of top-level scandals, but a scarcity of accountability. We stand on this election threshold wanting more, craving a leader who believes in our strengths as individuals and as a nation. George W. Bush offers that hope, as ... The Wichita Eagle https://freerepublic.com/forum/a39fc300e5b7a.htm#comment Sun, 29 Oct 2000 13:11:27 GMT https://freerepublic.com/forum/a39c4d2df2250.htm Wichita Eagle.com 825 E. Douglas Wichita, Kan. 67202 316.268.6614 Home >> Editorials Updated SUNDAY September 17, 2000 A column by Randy Brown Impatient as we are, there's no quick way to clean up the cesspool Last week, the culture war raged. Monday, word came that a Federal Trade Commission report showed that the entertainment industry aggressively and regularly markets violent movies, games and music to children. Tuesday, the gory details hit the public prints. The FTC assailed the industry's "pervasive and aggressive marketing" to children as young as 12. The commission released an internal memo from a movie studio about ... The Wichita Eagle (www.wichitaeagle.com) https://freerepublic.com/forum/a39c4d2df2250.htm#comment Sun, 17 Sep 2000 14:19:26 GMT https://freerepublic.com/forum/a395cd7db0e97.htm Wichita Eagle.com 825 E. Douglas Wichita, Kan. 67202 316.268.6614 The Wichita Eagle newspaper 825 E. Douglas Wichita, Kan. 67202 316.268.6000 Home >> Editorials Updated THURSDAY June 29, 2000 A column by L. Kelly A little time goes a long way It's become an all-too-familiar summertime whine: There's nothing to do around here, especially if you are 13 or so, especially if you aren't made of money. The sentiment surfaced this month in The Eagle's Opinion Line, and though the original caller was specifically talking about places to hold birthday parties, other folks soon generalized the complaint. How can we keep ... The Wichita Eagle https://freerepublic.com/forum/a395cd7db0e97.htm#comment Fri, 30 Jun 2000 17:21:04 GMT https://freerepublic.com/forum/a395cd5070cbe.htm JUST SUPPOSE that at every ball game, graduation, prom, etc., someone who has had enough of stupid, anti-historical court decisions had the guts to start reciting the Lord's Prayer loudly, and others joined in, then more, until hundreds participated. And JUST SUPPOSE this spread all over our land until this became standard practice in hundreds of schools- then thousands--then tens of thousands. Just what would local school boards do? Expel half the student body? (They need their jobs and federal funding far too much to do that.) What would a Federal district court do? Order hundreds of nonviolent, decent minors ... Anonymous https://freerepublic.com/forum/a395cd5070cbe.htm#comment Fri, 30 Jun 2000 17:09:00 GMT