On April 26, 1986, the world experienced the worst nuclear power plant disaster in history: the explosion and fire of reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine.  The accident was caused…

District court clerks are the workhorses of the state’s court system. They handle the bulk of the court’s day-to-day work and interact frequently with the public. They are good people doing good and often difficult…

Maybe you heard the yelps echoing from the hallways of Kansas schools last week as a software outage essentially paused academic work. No quizzes. No assignments. No grading. No video tutorials. And no sense of…

This year brims with opportunities for Democrats.  The president’s party typically loses seats in the midterms, and President Trump’s approval ratings are an abysmal 36%.  Kansas Democrats are fired up because popular Johnson County pastor…

My son Rakan was 5 years old when I first said the word “cancer” to a doctor. They looked at me the way doctors sometimes look at mothers, as if I were afraid of my…

In the 1977 movie “Fun With Dick and Jane,” as laid-off aerospace executive Dick Harper (played by actor George Segal) learns to live life as a day laborer, he’s approached by an immigration officer demanding:…

When I first sat down to write this speech, I felt a lot of pressure to find the right message. I could talk about the memories we made, the challenges we’ve overcome, or the people…

The Country Club Plaza has never been just a place to shop. For more than a century, the outdoor mall has been the heartbeat of this community — a place to gather, celebrate and experience…

There was a dispute between Thomas Mann and Albert Einstein dealing with how quickly or slowly time passes. Einstein, in his theory of relativity, maintained that the faster an object moves, it has the effect…

Serving Kansans in the state Senate was one of the true privileges of my life.  I worked for tax relief, economic growth and conservative values.  During my time in that body, I was proud to…