In the last year, I have had two animals dumped on my property.  I am asking those who are considering getting an animal to make sure you want it before you set eyes on an…

By invading Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin precipitated two wars. The first is a bloody military conflict in his neighboring country. The second is a wider struggle for hearts and minds across Europe. That political…

Kansas lawmakers should not miss this historic opportunity to eliminate the state sales tax on food. This change would improve the lives of virtually all Kansas families and would be especially meaningful to the 280,000…

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Friday ruled that Will Smith will be banned from attending the Oscars ceremony — as a guest or presenter — as well as any other academy…

At my uncle’s funeral in 2001, the priest remarked to me during a conversation, “You’re not Russian. You are Ukrainian.” The funeral was held in the small yet ornate Ukrainian Catholic Church in a coal…

The last thing this region needs is a costly bidding war over the Kansas City Chiefs. Chances of just such a taxpayer-gouging battle grew this week when Gov. Mike Parson said Missouri “would compete with…

Tension comes with the territory when you serve as a judge, said Marla Luckert, Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court.  After all, sometimes they are deciding matters of life and death.  In the case…

Many Kansas Republicans likely guffawed in disbelief when Governor Laura Kelly recently insisted she was “a major local-control advocate.” The image of Democrats as favoring big government programs, with Republicans fighting to keep government small…

After the Senate voted 53-47 to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the high court, we now proudly call her Justice Jackson. Many understandably celebrate that she’s the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. …

I have had a very satisfying 57-year legal career — with a few more to come, I hope. I was a prosecutor who sent a number of murderers to the penitentiary, I served an East…