I favor a remodel of Allen County Hospital.But instead of putting the issue to a formal vote, I suggest commissioners conduct a volunteer mail-in vote in order to save money.Commissioners could set a deadline by…

Kansas received $378 million in federal stimulas funds for transportation projects. Deb Miller, state secretary of transportation, said the money brought 3,300 transportation jobs to the state in May, producing a monthly payroll of $4.4…

Robert J. Samuelson has assigned himself the role of cold water thrower. Every time someone gets excited about a change that will benefit the nation — perhaps the whole world — he runs to the…

Earlier this month I watched on the news something that happened in a large nursing home in New York that was caught on its security camera. An elderly lady with dementia was reaching for something…

President Barack Obama fired Stanley Mc-Chrystal Wednesday and told Gen. David Petraeus to start running the war in Aghanistan as of that moment.McChrystal was fired because he and his aides bad-mouthed the Obama adminstration —…

New York’s legislature is on the verge of raising its cigarette tax by $1.60 a pack, to bring it to $4.25, highest in the nation. In addition, legislators will impose the state tax at the…

Both Rep. Jerry Moran and Sen. Sam Brownback for a period of time lived in an apartment house near the Capitol that is owned by a Christian group known as the Fellowship. Several other members…

In the past several months, there have been ongoing discussions and debates regarding the future of Allen County Hospital. Although it has been stated before, the medical staff would like to clearly restate its position…

Chuck Rice, a professor of agronomy at Kansas State University, will be one of two scientists who write a chapter on agriculture in a report by the United Nations Intergovermental Panel on Climate Change.Prof. Rice…

Speaking on prime time from the Oval Office, President Barack Obama repeated what he has said about the government’s all-out effort to stop the flood of oil spilling into the Gulf and repeated his determination…