The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision on Friday wiping out a chunk of President Donald Trump’s tariff regime is a triumph for the Constitution’s separation of powers and the individual liberty that it protects. The decision…

The world moves on different wavelengths. Some are high-frequency shocks — wars, emerging technologies, market panics — that spike quickly and dominate our attention. Others are low-frequency forces that move slowly but relentlessly: demographics, globalization,…

A great-uncle of mine survived Auschwitz. He had been a lawyer in Germany.  After the war, he made his way to America and Brockton, Mass., where he took a job as a salesman in a…

Seven months ago, I was a woman drowning in addiction, domestic violence and unstable housing, fighting to keep my child while trying to rebuild a life that felt hopeless.  Today, I’m a certified Missouri Peer…

As the effects of climate change intensify, it has become standard practice for major corporations to pledge their support for environmental sustainability. This is as it should be, because genuine corporate engagement is essential to…

Two congressional Republicans from the Bluegrass State are serving as a model of how members of Congress can act with conviction over political convenience. In an era when partisan loyalty often trumps individual conviction, Sen.…

The Rev. Jesse Jackson rose to prominence in the shadow of Martin Luther King Jr.’s ghastly assassination. Mr. Jackson was 26 at the time — the same age Dr. King had been when he emerged…

Dear editor, In the past month, the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee has held two oversight hearings that have been televised.  Because I am retired, I had the time to watch both hearings.   Former…

A Sedgwick County federal court jury recently awarded C.J. Lofton’s family $8.3 million in compensation for Lofton’s death at the hands of juvenile intake officers. They held Lofton facedown for more than 30 minutes, killing…

J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, once warned that nuclear rivalry was like “two scorpions in a bottle, each capable of killing the other, but only at the risk of his own…