We all love certain types of music and performers. I have gone to a few concerts to view and listen to a legend perform. I have paid a high price to do both — but never to just listen.

People are paying for seats at Arrowhead Stadium behind the stage for Taylor Swift’s upcoming shows. (June 15, 5A, “Taylor Swift concert resale tickets start at $1,000”) They will not be able to see her perform — only listen.

I don’t get it, but it is not my money.

Hunger as control

Speaking as one whose family relied on government commodity food back in the day for our survival, I take issue with right-wing Republicans who insist on maintaining their “I’ve got mine — you get your own” mentality.

For these Republicans, solving the deficit problem is more about supposedly saving money than helping to lift the poor out of desperation. Not everyone has bootstraps to pull themselves up with.

Those of us who have suffered the pain, anguish and frustration of poverty cannot relate to those who insist they can solve the problem even though many have never experienced even one day of hunger themselves.

To my mind, literally taking food from the mouths of the needy by kicking them off the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program as a means of political control is disgusting.

Always Sen. Moran

The Star’s editorial board said that Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran’s silence regarding Donald Trump’s criminal indictment in the Mar-a-Lago documents case is courageous in this iteration of the Republican Party. (June 14, 8A, “In today’s GOP, Moran’s silence passes for bravery”) But speaking up would be even better.

Let me remind you, The Star endorsed Moran in his 2022 reelection bid, and his behavior was identical then to what it is now. He has always been a compliant, quiet, keep-your-head-down senator. He does two things: the farm bill and support for veterans, and he makes sure to publicize his efforts. His supporters make sure to thank him in the paper. But he doesn’t speak up about controversial things. He never has.