With the gavel yet to fall announcing the beginning of the 2019 Kansas legislative session, the mood feels challenging, if not outright ominous. Faced with a Democratic governor, Republican leaders are setting an obstructionist course…

You have to wonder who is calling the shots when the day after conservative talk show hosts roundly criticized President Trump, he did an about-face on whether to accept bipartisan legislation that would keep the…

Kansas has the shameful honor of being part of a successful lawsuit that will rob up to 17 million Americans of their only viable course to health insurance. Why would we want to sign on…

Raising taxes on the poor while giving a massive tax cut for the wealthy is a recipe for revolt. Just ask France, now in its fourth week of massive uprisings. Like an American Republican, French…

President Donald Trump isn’t a fan of repentance. First, it requires an admission of guilt. And second, for those with the fortitude, a measure of atonement. To Mr. Trump, such acts of contrition come not…

There are two ways to react to failure: Give up or see where you went wrong and try again. So give USD 257 district officials credit for attempting another bond issue after its 2014 proposal…

Because President Trump is so keen on anything concerning money, the one thing that may grab his attention in the recent report on climate change is its $500 billion price tag. If we don’t take…

Now that Kris Kobach is on his way out, Kansas officials have rediscovered their backbones. Last Monday, Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced his intention to take back the authority to prosecute cases of voter fraud…

President Trump cast doubt on a recent report by the CIA that found the chain of command for the murder of a journalist started at the top with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s…

(Update: Since this editorial’s publication, Louis Klemp has resigned from the Leavenworth County Commission.) Just to be clear, there is no “master race.” And to presume otherwise is an affront to the Master Creator. But oh…