Blame the outbreaks of food poisoning such as the widespread listeria infections from cantaloupes on the long distance from farm to fork, scientists say. A cantaloupe from Rocky Ford country in Colorado will be handled…

Even though they experienced the Great Depression, most survivors say it wasn’t “so bad,” because everyone was in the same boat.That can’t be said today. While unemployment figures continue to rise, so do the salaries…

Kansans hungry for good economic news should focus on — Kansas.The Kansas Department of Labor has just released a 50-page economic report that shows the Sunflower state, like the rest of the farm belt, has…

While Gov. Sam Brownback promotes marriage with the goal of cutting welfare costs in Kansas, lawmakers in Mexico City want to experiment with temporary marriage to make it easier for young couples to split without…

Michael Kazin, a professor of history at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., wrote a piece the other day asking, “What happened to the left?”Why, he wonders, has there been no movement counter to the Tea…

Labeling him the “right leader for this moment in history,” Gov. Sam Brownback of Kansas endorsed Texas Governor Rick Perry for the Republican nomination for president.“Rick Perry balanced budgets in tough economic times, signed the…

Last week Kansas Senator Jerry Moran took two stands on the deficit. He opposed aid to Vermont and other states hit hard by Hurricane Irene unless the money could be found by cutting other government…

Say again? Herman Cain got more than twice as many votes as any other candidate in last week’s Florida straw poll? What on earth does that mean? Cain, retired Godfather’s Pizza executive, has been in…

Dearest editor, I found your article on Wednesday’s Planning Commission meeting to be accurate and informative. However, I want to make it clear that the commission was swayed neither by an irate neighbor nor the desperation…

Schane Bauer and Josh Fattal left Iran Wednesday after two years in prison there on charges of spying for the United States. Bail of $500,000 was deposited in Tehran for each. The same payment was…