Earlier and earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease has become possible as neurologists learn more about the disease and scanning equipment and techniques improve. But the ability to know that a patient will develop the dreaded…

Obama care is not socialized medicine. Quite the opposite. It is a very complex effort to use the power of the federal government to create a system of privately run health insurance for everyone. And…

Judge Henry E. Hudson of the Federal District Court of Richmond, Va., ruled against a key provision in the health care law Monday. Americans cannot be required to obtain health care insurance, he ruled, because…

East coast academics Frank and Deborah Popper peeved a lot of Kansans in 1987 with an essay entitled “The Great Plains: From Dust to Dust.” Kansas, they wrote, should be turned back to the buffalo.The…

Last week the U.S. Senate voted against the Defense Department’s recommendation to repeal the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, which requires gays and lesbians in the military to keep their sexual orientation secret or face…

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange remains in jail in London without bail while the British decide whether to send him to Sweden to face an investigation on sex charges.While he is resting, it’s a good time…

This week the National Marriage Project released a study charting the decline of the two-parent family among what it calls the “moderately educated middle” — the 58 percent of Americans with high school diplomas and…

Governor-elect Sam Brownback named several members of his cabinet who will take over in January. His decision to keep Deb Miller as secretary of transportation stood out. Miller has led KDOT with distinction under governors…

President Obama gave Republicans their tax break for the rich and very rich in exchange for another 13 months of benefits for the unemployed and a one-year Social Security tax holiday for workers (but not…

Craig Neuenswander will join the front ranks of Kansas education leadership when he becomes director of finance for the State Board of Education next summer. Dr. Neuenswander will work directly under deputy commissioner Dale Dennis,…