I have had the same exact New Year’s Eve resolution for as long as I can remember: “Do better.” It might seem easy and overly simplistic, but if you have spent any extended period of…

If you want to understand the Kansas City Chiefs’ move to Kansas, stop asking whether it’s “good for the economy.” As an economist, I know it’s tempting, but it misses the point. The better question…

Should old acquaintance be forgot? It’s a New Years question etched in dichotomous reflection as we find ourselves thinking back and looking ahead at the same time.  A conundrum summed up by When Harry Met…

I know boats. Catamarans where water laps at your legs. Fishing boats with bright colors and splintered seats. Even though I grew up in the heart of Silicon Valley in San José, California, I come…

We’re once again approaching the annual resetting of the Doomsday Clock. Last January, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, a group of very smart people, moved the hands of their…

There is a children’s story I used to read to my daughters when they were 3 and 4 years old. It comes from Arnold Lobel’s “Frog and Toad” series and involves a big batch of…

The business of shipping goods around the world has suffered shock after shock since 2000, culminating in the effective closure of the Red Sea and Suez Canal two years ago.  Don’t say it too loud,…

Every year around this time, the noise starts to drop. The pace eases a bit. Families gather, neighbors reconnect, and people who disagree on just about everything still manage to pass plates across the same…

The recent summitry between Ukraine, the United States and Europe, kicked off by President Donald Trump’s initial peace proposal, produced something rare in this war: a negotiating track that looks serious enough to matter. After…

Sen. Jerry Moran is the voice of reason on redistricting, and the Kansas Legislature would do well to listen.  In an interview with KMUW public radio, Kansas’ senior senator said he doesn’t think state lawmakers…