If you watched last week’s presidential debate or clips from it, you probably heard my hometown of Springfield, Ohio, referenced in a less-than-favorable way. The back-and-forth has ignited a surge of outside opinions on our…

After every shooting, blame and rationalizations fly. I know, because I was shot in the head at a 2011 congressional event near my home in Tucson, Ariz. Eighteen other people were shot at that event,…

Near the end of Tuesday night’s meeting of the Lawrence City Commission, a man in a jester’s hat approached the speaker’s podium with a smile on his face.  The room was tense.  “Public comment time?”…

It is late August, and I’m standing in the beautiful Place de la Concorde in Paris trying to plug an Ethernet cable into my camera. The sun is bright, and I can feel the excitement…

Debate Night in America was a big night for Kansas — Donald Trump called us liberal and our most famous resident’s even more-famous girlfriend jumped in and endorsed Kamala Harris.  It was a not-bad night…

While the 2024 presidential election may be more than a month and half away, it is time for Kansans to make a voting plan and check their voter registration status. This is because Kansas has…

Early Thursday morning, I became the first sitting governor of a U.S. state to visit Ukraine since Russia invaded the country in 2022. Many Americans — especially my fellow Republicans — may wonder what possessed…

Cellphones and guns got mixed up together in a curious way last week after the school shooting in Georgia, which left two students and two teachers dead. In fact, the shooting may represent a setback…

The bar  couldn’t be set higher for Vice President Kamala Harris at Tuesday night’s presidential debate. Not only must she make a favorable, yet imposing; joyful yet deadly serious; thoughtful yet tough first impression for…

A common complaint about presidential debates is that they change few minds. This year, with anywhere between 3% and 6% of likely voters undecided in early September and the closeness of the race, especially in…