The federal government has been shut down for 28 days and counting. That’s 28 days too long and already the second-longest federal shutdown ever.  Saturday will be another grim milestone. That is the day about…

Donald Trump appears to have finally fallen out of love with Vladimir Putin, which is good news, long time coming. If you cut through all of the back-and-forth over the past week regarding the war…

Missouri politicians are attacking our freedom. They keep overturning measures that voters have passed, and attacking our power to use citizen-led initiative petitions. As Kansas City residents who have voted Republican most of our lives,…

Dear editor, This is to commend reporter Sarah Haney’s article, “A closer look at Medicare Advantage,” that appeared in the Oct. 25 edition of the Iola Register.   I recommend all seniors read the article,…

Is there anybody left in America who’s shocked, shocked to find that crooked gambling is going on in here? As professional sports leagues have embraced lucrative legal betting, it has created temptations that go beyond…

President Trump has demanded that the Department of Justice prosecute his political enemies. He has ordered his aides to use the fearsome tools of the law to investigate fund-raising by the Democratic Party and liberal…

The US Department of Defense — newly renamed the Department of War by the Trump administration — has opted to wage its first war of the new era not on the battlefield but within the…

The latest sign of incipient authoritarianism is apparently that President Trump is building a ballroom.  After photos hit the wires showing construction equipment at the White House, tearing into the East Wing, critics lamented the…

It’s been said that Russians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. Thankfully for Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s shambolic autocracy has been doing its best to live up to the saying.  After Putin…

As he was transported to La Santé prison in Paris on Tuesday, Nicolas Sarkozy posted a message brimming with defiance on X, writing “It’s not a former president of the republic who is being jailed…