Editorials

If you want a reminder that America can and does move toward the right, just thing, look no further than Sunday. South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg ended his run for president, but not before…

The race for the Democratic nomination could not have changed more dramatically in less than a week. Gone is the fear or presumption — depending on one’s view — that Sen. Bernie Sanders was on…

To the 76 Catholic nuns who signed a letter urging the Kansas Legislature to pass Medicaid expansion, we say, thank you for your courage. In the letter, the nuns say it is “deeply immoral” for…

Bernie Sanders is not just a problematic Democratic nominee because of his $60 trillion (and rising) spending plans. In a matchup with the incumbent, he’s looking increasingly weak in the crucial Electoral College target of…

Two down, four to go before Joe Biden is named the Democratic nominee for the presidential election.  That’s our wish. Not initially, mind you. But you work with what you have. Former Vice President Biden…

During a press briefing Wednesday evening on the coronavirus outbreak, President Donald Trump claimed the U.S. is “totally prepared” to respond to a disease that is spreading to new countries seemingly every day. That’s a…

Make no mistake about it: The success or failure of the Kansas Legislature’s 2020 session — and maybe even life or death for some Kansans without health care — is riding entirely on the next…

Two opposing but equally malignant approaches to the coronavirus epidemic are emerging. One would flood the information space with lies, while the other would shut that space down to all voices but one. Their sponsors,…

President Donald Trump has sent a clear message to America’s intelligence community: Providing an honest assessment of Russia’s election meddling to Congress can end your career. Just ask Joseph Maguire, the former director of national…

Perhaps it was a coincidence, but it seemed a jolt to Wall Street is what has spurred White House officials to take up action against the coronavirus. On Monday, the stock market dropped by more…