In this heated moment, I’d like to step back for our Sunday column space here at Kansas Reflector. Kansas Humanities CouncilTo an anxious friendYou tell me that law is above freedom of utterance. And the reverse is true also; only when free utterance is suppressed is it needed, and when it is needed, it is most vital to justice. This state today is in more danger from suppression than from violence, because, in the end, suppression leads to violence. Through its opinion section, Kansas Reflector works to amplify the voices of people who are affected by public policies or excluded from public debate.