For Amy Coney Barrett of the University of Notre Dame, where she and I are both professors, her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court represents the crowning achievement of her legal career. Widely regarded as…

As mayor of Topeka, Michelle De La Isla has worked to not only increase the city’s police department budget but also to strengthen relationships between law enforcement officers and the public they serve. De La…

“In America, the big get bigger and the small get out,” U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced to a crowd of dairy farmers a year ago. This march toward “progress” has been the steady…

A gaffe, one famous political writer once explained, is when a politician accidentally tells the truth. By that measure, Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle came up with a show-stopper in late September, while speaking to…

State Sen. Barbara Bollier, the Democrat, is the moderate in the race for the U.S. Senate.  That’s because until two years ago, Bollier was a Republican, championing fiscally responsible measures to fund education, build roads…

The cascading global governance, health, economic and environmental crises have exacerbated the food crisis. So it was fitting that an indefatigable international institution dedicated to fighting hunger — the United Nations World Food Program —…

In her opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday, Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett said elected officials, not judges, should determine public policy. In the coming days of questioning, Democrats should focus, laser-like,…

We believe our nation’s leader should bring out the best in us. President Donald Trump has not lived up to that task.  Under his leadership, Americans have become so divided it’s to the point there’s…

Lost in the melodrama of Rose Garden superspreading, West Wing outbreaks, “Evita/Covita” balcony moments, vice presidential fly sightings and claims of miracle therapies was Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s desperate call for Congress to pass…

Let’s face it: Voting in a state like Kansas can sometimes feel a bit anticlimactic. Yes, we have important state and local races on the ballot, and this year we’re seeing some exciting U.S. Senate…