Walking across the parking lot coming from Aldi, where I had picked up food for the next few days, my heart was struggling. It was sunny and warm, and I was wearing a sundress and…

Wagon wheel impressions still mark the earth of the western Kansas prairie, where, beginning in 1877, Black former slaves journeyed across the plains. Those ruts, a physical reminder of the former slaves’ brave and challenging…

July 26, 2023, is a day I will never forget. It’s the day my daughter, Reagan, went into cardiac arrest at the Sunflower State Games at Washburn University. During the game, Reagan came out of…

The debate over implementing a flat income tax in Kansas appears to have reached its conclusion, at least in this legislative session. Earlier this year, Kansas Republicans proposed a single income tax rate of 5.25%…

Until recently, I sent my daughters a “love you, sleep tight” text every night. I started when my firstborn went off to college. She rarely answered calls and had no interest in email. The one…

Finally, there was the explanation everyone was clamoring for but no one was expecting: Kate Middleton, the wife of Prince William, the heir to the British throne, reappeared in public after a three-month absence, telling…

Expanding Medicaid in Kansas will never have a chance as long as untruths are allowed to pass as truths. For example: “I do look at this as Medicaid Expansion as socialized medicine, and the United…

When my wife and I went to vote last Tuesday, the polling station was nearly empty. One of the election workers told me it was the least busy election she’d ever seen, and as a…

Last summer, the film “Oppenheimer” swept the box office and helped reignite public discourse about nuclear weapons and the ever-present threat of their use.  It’s perhaps inevitable that the movie, which dramatizes the United States’…

It’s not unusual to see homeless people drifting outside of businesses, lingering near public transportation, sleeping under bridges, or camping in city parks. Often, we look away. But sometimes we pause and consider what in…