Kansans over 65 would be pampered still more if a constitutional amendment bandied about in the Legislature becomes law. The amendment being considered by the Assessment and Taxation Committee of the Senate would allow the…

Ann Romney told a Fox News reporter that she didn’t consider herself wealthy because she is married to a man with a quarter of a billion dollars, give or take a few. In a philosophic…

Thomas Friedman wakes up every morning looking for a new reason to be hopeful about the course of human history. He is an optimist to the core. And  because he knows so much about so…

Charles and David Koch of Wichita are in the news again. The billionaire brothers are the major backers of Americans for Prosperity, an anti-tax, anti-government regulation, non-profit which has paid for at least two multi-million-dollar…

A debate coach will tell his team that when they argue the negative they must first demonstrate the need for change. That’s why it’s called the negative: one must first bad-mouth the affirmative — the…

Here is what Rick Santorum said this week: “President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college. What a snob. There are good, decent men and women who go out and…

Sheldon Adelson has shelled out more millions for Newt Gingrich. The billionaire casino owner has given another “substantial” contribution to an independent group supporting Gingrich which plans to launch an ad campaign in seven states…

Rick Santorum found a new hate last week: John F. Kennedy. JFK made him want to vomit, Santorum told a crowd, when he made a much-quoted speech celebrating the separation of church and state in…

These items just in from health unlimited. Yes, do have that colonoscopy. Recent studies show a dramatic drop in colon cancer in those who had the investigative procedure done and had precancerous growths removed. The…

Rick Santorum was a speaker at the American Heartland Forum in Columbia, Mo., Feb. 3. He chose to speak on euthanasia in the Netherlands. He said: “ . . . In the Netherlands, people wear…