Now is the time for tributes and reflections on the life of Senator Bob Dole, who died on December 5 at age 98.  Yet, it is important not to romanticize the former Senate Majority Leader…

Last week laid bare the urgency of the threats to U.S. and global democracy. Yet most Americans still don’t grasp the immediacy of the danger. The warning flashes didn’t originate from the last week’s virtual…

As the winds pummeled Iola Wednesday afternoon, city crews were out scouring the town for fallen limbs and debris and checking power lines. Though it’s part and parcel of a municipal service, it’s not to…

The rules that until recently governed what college athletes may and may not do to earn money seemed absurd on their face. An Associated Press story out of West Virginia, for example, tells of a…

Last Christmas was our first with our rescued pup, Capone. He looked dashing in a candy cane-striped collar as we took videos of him tearing into wrapping paper, sticking his head into gift bags, fervently…

The pictures and video from Kentucky and surrounding states after last week’s tornadoes are shocking. Our neighbors need our help. Congress should move quickly to provide it. As it does so, we should all take…

In the last month, Russia has placed at least 100,000 troops near its border with Ukraine. NATO has called the buildup “unprovoked and unexplained,” but for Ukrainians few explanations are needed. They watched Russia annex…

When Royal Dutch Shell’s new chairman, Andrew Mackenzie, asked shareholders on Friday for their vote to move the global oil giant’s headquarters from the Netherlands to Britain and drop the “Royal Dutch,” he was also…

When you become a parent, you instantly assume immense responsibility. When you are a parent in a household where a gun is stored, that responsibility meshes with heavy risk. It’s up to parents to mitigate…

We should have done better. The Global Health Security Index in October 2019 rated the United States as the most prepared nation in the world for a pandemic — a wealthy country with advanced health…