A worthless poll taken by the Pew Research Center seems to say that a great many Americans oppose capitalism and favor socialism. The questions were phrased this way: “do you have a positive or negative…

As the third hour of Bruce Springsteen’s set came to a close, my girlfriend, Shay, and I exchanged exasperated looks. It seemed hard to believe that I could be more tired than the 63-year-old man…

The fat police won’t have Twinkies to kick around any more. Hostess Brands, Inc. closed shop last week. They said it was because of a prolonged strike. Those in the know refused to blame labor.…

California’s population is 37.3 million. The U.S. population is almost  314 million. California has more than 10 percent of the country’s population. It gave President Obama its 55 electoral votes and Californians also approved a…

Writing prescriptions for curing what ails the Republican Party has become a favorite parlor game among political junkies.Without sticking to the metaphor, here are some observations.A distinction is made between patronage parties and programmatic parties.…

Back in the bad old days when Bill Clinton was president, income taxes on the very rich were as high as 39.6 percent, although most of the Gotrocks only paid 36 percent on those final…

Wichita voters, scared by a squadron of know-nothings, voted against adding fluoride to the city’s drinking water last week.Dr. Larry Hurd, a pediatrician who was one of the leading advocates of bringing Wichita into the…

Kansas is a study of contrasts.On the one side, it has hopes of becoming Silicon Prairie — the hub of incredibly fast fiber optics thanks to Google Fiber willing to invest millions in Kansas City,…

It didn’t exactly break the glass ceiling, but Tuesday’s election broke a number of barriers for women. Women now hold a record number of seats in the U.S. Senate. All of 20. Out of 100.…

Kansas Republicans moved the state into the nation’s backwaters Tuesday. Mitt Romney won 60 percent of the Kansas vote. The nation re-elected President Barack Obama decisively, giving him more than 300 electoral votes with 270…