State Rep. Joe Seiwert, R- Pretty Prairie, changed his tune. On Thursday he apologized, sort of, for forwarding an e-mail saying that “we should be very suspicious of ALL MUSLIMS in this country” and claiming that Muslims “obviously cannot be both ‘good’ Muslims and good Americans.” Seiwert said: “If I offended anybody, I did not do it intentionally.” But when the Hutchinson News contacted Seiwert earlier in the week about the e-mail, he was defiant, claiming that “a lot of it is very factual.” He said that “it’s an insult to me that you’re trying to make something out of this deal, because I have the right to freedom of speech.” And when it was pointed out to him that there are Muslims living in his home county, Seiwert said, “Sure, there’s murderers, there’s tax evasion people, there’s all kinds of people (who) live in my district.” So Muslim-Americans are comparable to tax cheats and murderers? At least he’s sorry now “if” he offended anybody.
Sam Brownback, who missed more than a third of the votes in the U.S. Senate during his unsuccessful presidential run, was far less truant during his successful run for Kansas governor. The Washington Post’s 
“It’s always easier to say, ‘I’m going to cut the budget’ (than) to actually look in the faces of poor children and say, ‘Your health care’s cut.’ And so, we’ll see.” — Assistant Minority Leader Jim Ward (in photo), D-Wichita, on whether the empowered GOP will cut the state budget
Good for Wichita State University for reinstalling a plaque honoring veterans. The Veterans Field plaque was originally dedicated on Nov. 25, 1948, but had been in a storeroom for years. It is being mounted on the west side of Cessna Stadium. As WSU president Donald Beggs Follow us
