President Obama’s deficit reduction panel issued a tough set of recommendations that just may change the debate over the nation’s fiscal policy. Rather than continuing to repeat their dogmas without changing so much as a…

A bipartisan group of senators want to end subsidies on ethanol and tariffs that discourage importation of the fuel. Both are “fiscally irresponsible and environmentally unwise” they said in a letter to Sen. Harry Reid,…

Julian Assange, the guy who founded WikiLeaks and is responsible for dumping hundreds of thousands of classified diplomatic documents on the Internet, is, according to David Brooks of the New York Times, “an old-fashioned anarchist…

Many in the audience at the Landon Lecture at K-State were proud to welcome Kathleen Sebelius to the podium Monday. It isn’t often that a Kansan — even an adopted one — rises so high…

  Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 19, faces life imprisonment for attempting to detonate a car bomb in Portland, Ore., at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony where thousands had gathered to celebrate. Mohamud’s story is becoming commonplace.…

The 13th international meeting on climate change opened today in Cancun, Mexico. No one is expecting much to happen. The first such gathering,  in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997, produced the Kyoto Protocol. No follow-up treaty…

Tighter airport security procedures provide Americans looking for another reason to be angry with a new target. A few of the nation’s airports now have full-body scan ma-chines. Passengers who set off alarms may be…

On the day before Thanksgiving the nation’s economists gave us all tidbits to evoke the giving of thanks. Not slabs of good news, slathered with high percentage sauce. Not a full meal, just a snack.…

As Iola deals with the loss of Haldex, we should focus on industries tied to agriculture and the Neosho River. A plant that depended on soybeans, or wheat, or corn, or beef cattle as a…

Gov.-elect Sam Brownback said the other day that he didn’t favor repealing the sales tax increase that the Legislature passed earlier this year. The state needs the money, he said. The people of Kansas agree…