My daughter Louise and her family were under a boil water advisory in Topeka from Tuesday through Thursday because of a broken pipe at its water treatment plant. “It’s scary how we take clean water…

A recent Gallup survey showed a record-high 43 percent of Americans see themselves as politically  independent. And a record-low identified as Democrat, 27 percent, matching Republican identification at 27 percent.  Kansans are also declaring independence.…

What was your experience like the last time you visited a natural area in Kansas? Did you hike at a state park? Boat or fish at a reservoir? Paddle the Kaw or the Arkansas River…

The United States has just experienced one of the biggest collapses in consumer inflation in modern history. In June 2022 consumer prices had risen 9.1 percent over the previous year. By December 2023 the rate…

So this guy walks into a bar. He sits down next to me and pretty soon he’s telling me the story of how he got here. He came as a stowaway. He was just a…

On Thursday, Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson said it makes no sense to expand the state’s health insurance program for the poor and disabled because, “You have a fixed market of doctors that will take…

Given that Kansas’s state budget currently points towards a nearly $3 billion surplus, it’s inevitable that legislators have ideas about passing some of that surplus on to Kansans in the form of tax cuts. Of…

We tend to look to the new year as a new beginning, as an opportunity for a fresh start. Aspiring for something different, something better, we devise resolutions in hopes of making ourselves healthier, more…

Three years ago more than 2,000 stormed the U.S. Capitol grounds. Their purpose was not to sightsee. I’m choosing my words carefully here.  In the time since Jan. 6, 2021, the sworn testimony of hundreds…

Here’s a New Year’s Resolution for the Kansas Legislature: no more wasting our time and money on election conspiracy theories. In September and October of 2023, Senator Mike Thompson and others hosted hearings featuring speakers peddling…