Walking up Madison Avenue during January’s polar vortex, I turned the corner onto 39th Street and hit a line of puffy coats, tote bags and young people with wired headphones. I had no idea what…

If anyone still believes President Donald Trump is the ultimate dealmaker, his erratic efforts to exit his failed Iran war should shred that illusion. Whether or not a tenuous ceasefire holds, or if it is…

Phil Becker’s Memorial Day address departed from the traditional. A trombonist, Becker told his story of joining the Army to play in its bands. Across his nine years I’m guessing he never engaged in combat. …

When James Talarico was born in Round Rock, Texas, in 1989, Democrats controlled both chambers of the Texas statehouse. A reformed frat boy named George W. Bush was still a few years away from becoming…

The August vote on Kansas Supreme Court justice selection will affect the course of our shared government and civic life for an age. That sounds like a big, overarching statement, but it has the benefit…

If I had a 17-year-old, I’d see that they register to vote.  In Kansas, teenagers can register to vote now if they will be 18 by Election Day, Nov. 3.  It’s easy-peasy. Forms are  available…

Four years into the full-scale war, the world’s most capable militaries are coming to Ukraine to buy weapons. Ukraine and the Pentagon are moving to finalize a deal that would send Ukrainian-made drones to the…

Once in power, party members often develop an affliction called Myopic Fog. The condition presents as a compulsion to rewrite institutional rules. Common symptoms include electoral law manipulation, fixation on short-term advantage, and habitual overreaching.  Consider…

For decades there have been disagreements among constitutional scholars about whether a president can pardon himself. But Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, just gave President Trump something even better: pre-emptive exoneration from all potential…

While strolling through Denver Botanic Gardens this spring, I noticed a memorial bench with a curious bronze plaque inscription: “Marilyn Hickle Shaw — “All mushrooms are edible … some only once.” Did Marilyn actually die…