An unsustainable spending “arms race” is occurring among the 130 colleges that belong to the NCAA’s Football Bowl Subdivision. It is compromising their integrity and is often at odds with their academic missions. Because of…

Money is often the common denominator  between big business and politics. The more you give, the greater the access to bending the law in your favor. Typically such favors come in the form of tax…

What a difference a month makes. In March, we took Gov. Laura Kelly and her administration to task for the pace of vaccinations against COVID-19 in Kansas. We said that more people should be able…

The Des Moines Register on President Joe Biden’s U.S. infrastructure plan: The United States is the wealthiest country in the world. You wouldn’t know it from the condition of the systems that make it work.…

President Joe Biden says he wants to partly roll back the Republican tax cuts of 2017, including corporate tax reductions that amounted to a giveaway to some of the world’s richest entities. Reversing those reckless…

President Joe Biden’s massive American Jobs Plan is likely to come in two parts: a traditional transportation package as well as a domestic package that includes, among other priorities, universal prekindergarten. It’s is an education…

As the economy recovers, many Republicans have turned to culture wars to unite the GOP and boost their political standing. As he vetoed an egregiously anti-transgender bill, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) argued Monday that…

Perhaps the life of George Floyd would have been spared if Derek Chauvin and the three other Minneapolis police officers with him had just paid attention. Not just attention to Floyd as he cried for…

Faced with a burgeoning crisis at the southern border, President Joe Biden has pledged to increase economic assistance to countries in Central America’s Northern Triangle. He’s right to do so. But money alone won’t be…

Allen County commissioners backed off Tuesday from mandating face masks to guard against the spread of COVID-19 to simply “recommending” that people maintain the practice. Commissioners took their cue from state leaders who last week…