In defending the perceived threat to election ballot boxes in Kansas, House Elections Committee chairman Rep. Pat Proctor, R-Leavenworth, likened the dangers of them being vandalized to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.  “I bet…

Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley doesn’t agree with President Joe Biden very often. When it happens, we take notice.  Well, it happened Tuesday night at the State of the Union address.  Amid all the tiresome, partisan…

President Joe Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address was a mixed bag for congressional Republicans. On the one hand, he wasn’t shy about challenging them (nor were they reluctant to push back at him.)…

Two years ago I wrote an opinion piece for the Kansas Reflector in which I argued that the Legislature should be celebrating Kansas public schools, rather than trying to tear them apart through voucher plans.…

The new year has once again been marked with numerous acts of gun violence, including multiple mass shootings.  The scale of gun violence our country faces is overwhelming — and it feels like with each…

On Jan. 1, 2023, Kansas’ state sales tax on food items in the supermarket lowered from 6.5% (the second-highest rates in the country) to 4%. Most Kansans saw immediate savings; however, it is complicated and…

The next time someone moans that Congress needs term limits, remember Bristol Bay. Sometimes it takes a long time to accomplish important goals in Washington, D.C. U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell fought for more than a…

President Biden’s decision on Jan. 30 to formally end the covid-19 national emergency this spring, unilaterally relinquishing exceptional powers the executive branch has claimed for three years, is a milestone worth celebrating. If declaring a…

For 10 years, North Carolina state Sen. Phil Berger remained opposed to expanding Medicaid, the public insurance program that provides health coverage to low-income Americans. Ever since the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010…

It must be admitted that the flap over an enormous Chinese balloon that flew or blew, unannounced, over the United States and Canada last week has a certain funny side. Pentagon generals went on high…