Editorials

Jerome H. Powell Tuesday told the nation’s policymakers they would need to spend some more money if they had any hope of avoiding a weak recovery and inflicting untold pain on millions of American households.…

We were relieved to see that the president took the advice of doctors when he contracted the COVID-19 virus. In less than 24 hours of testing positive, the president was in the hospital  receiving potent…

From the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump’s response has been motivated by politics and the presidential race — to the detriment of the nation. Now that the president has been stricken with…

A deluge of mail ballot applications sent to Kansans from out of state is causing unprecedented work for election officials and confusion for voters. Here’s what those voters who want to vote by mail need…

If the president emerges from COVID-19 unscathed, which we hope he does, that is not a referendum on his leadership. He did not “conquer” the coronavirus. Instead, he was lucky to have caught a mild…

President Trump’s doctors said Sunday he could be released from Walter Reed medical center as early as Monday if his symptoms keep improving. This is good to hear, but it also underscores the need for…

The winner of last week’s presidential debate was fear. Far-right radicals and militia groups got a huge fist bump when President Trump was unwilling to condemn their actions in front of a live audience of…

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg understood, more than anyone else, the enormous consequences of her death. “My most fervent wish,” she said, in a statement dictated to her granddaughter before she died, in her Washington, D.C.,…

We’re still waiting. The worst presidential debate in American history is still ringing in our ears, and we’re still waiting for the president of the United States to do something as simple as condemn white…

Roger Marshall must be getting a whole lotta love from his campaign staff.  Cuz he’s certainly not paying them their due.  Marshall, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, provides neither health insurance for the bulk of…