On May 7, the atmosphere at the statehouse felt like one of those unforeseen pivotal moments — where things fraught with controversy just seem to come together.  It happened through a surprisingly broad collaboration on…

I don’t buy the argument that an extra $300 a week in unemployment benefits is keeping people from looking for work because now they supposedly have got it so good. But if that is the…

Colonial Pipeline paid the ransom. And after forking over $5 million to hackers who forced it to shut down an important fuel conduit, which spurred a bonkers run on local gas stations, the burglars gave…

Recent events across our region — a local disagreement in Wichita, a state-wide argument in Missouri, a veto override in Topeka with national implications — push me to reflect upon a seemingly straightforward but actually…

Liz Cheney, the Republican congresswoman from Wyoming, is likely to be dumped as chairman of the party’s House conference. That’s not because she recognized in public that President Joe Biden won the legal votes to…

Almost 70 years ago, President Dwight Eisenhower pushed bipartisan legislation that created the interstate highway system. Earlier leaders made universal access to education, starting with kindergarten and running through high school, standard throughout the United…

It’s only a slight exaggeration to say a parent feels a child’s pain as much as they do. For Teresa and Ed Murphey, the anguish of almost losing their son, Charlie, still catches them unawares.…

If you thought the Humboldt races had come to town Sunday afternoon, that was me operating a gas-powered weed-eater. I never was able to get the pressure right, going from a slow buzz to whipsawing…

The greatest assets of the judicial branch of government are the people who work for all Kansans in the pursuit of justice — the judges, their staff members and the employees of the courts.  However,…

The recent death of Walter Mondale, vice president to President Jimmy Carter, and a presidential candidate himself in 1984, has reminded me of some old history which may help explain Senator Roger Marshall. The key…