The Kansas Legislature and its committees take up tons of bad bills every year. Some of them make sense but would have destructive consequences (everyone likes tax cuts, for instance, but if you cut them…

Last week the Docking Institute of Public Affairs at Fort Hays State University published the results from the 2021 Kansas Speaks survey. For those not familiar with Kansas Speaks, it is an annual public opinion…

As days stretched into weeks, our news screens have been bombarding us with images of brave and determined Ukrainian civilians seeking shelter and sometimes getting killed as Vladimir Putin’s war of choice exploded over their…

“You don’t shoot at pregnant women,” the Ukrainian ambassador to the United States said Wednesday evening. But Vladimir Putin did. On Wednesday morning, Putin ordered Russian missiles to target a maternity ward and children’s hospital…

Many of us in America feel a need now to somehow confront the Russian government and its strongman leader Vladimir Putin over the unjust and illegal invasion of Ukraine. And we are gratified to see…

For over a year, Kansans have been waiting for answers as to where the investigation into the natural gas price gouging crisis stands. Throughout that time, Attorney General Derek Schmidt has withheld details of the…

It’s time for “ghost guns” to disappear. We have long supported reasonable regulation and restrictions on the use of firearms. We agree with the late Justice Antonin Scalia, who said “the right secured by the…

President Joe Biden’s announcement Tuesday banning Russian oil imports presents what may be the most difficult test yet of Americans’ willingness today to sacrifice for the nation’s greater good. Already-high gas prices are sure to…

Sen. Joe Manchin III is floating yet another idea to salvage the Build Back Better package. The Democrat from West Virginia wants to hike taxes on the rich and some corporations and then split the…

There’s sticker shock at the gas pump. Hold tight. And bite your tongue. On Tuesday morning, two big decisions were announced that will likely send prices even higher in an effort to punish Vladimir Putin…