President Donald Trump recently described the U.S. naval blockade of Iran as “a very friendly blockade.” There is no such thing. A blockade is an act of war, using armed forces to restrict another nation’s…

In 1983, a young well-coiffed David Copperfield conjured up a magic trick so bombastic and implausible in an analog world that 50 million viewers stayed home on a Friday night to watch the Statue of…

The White House directive to put psychedelics on a regulatory fast track is at once welcome and worrisome. The attention to psychedelics is overdue, and there’s a real opportunity to build a stronger scientific base…

As soon as I spotted my patient in the waiting room, I knew that I’d be admitting him to the hospital.  His breathing wasn’t necessarily heavy, but there was something in the contour of his…

Well, the Kansas race for U.S. Senate just got a lot more interesting. The Rev. Adam Hamilton, pastor of the largest church in Kansas, has now officially announced he’ll challenge incumbent Sen. Roger Marshall. And…

The day you file a trademark is the day you become a target. I learned this the hard way.  I am writing it down so the next Kansas City small business owner does not pay…

Every election year there are uncontested offices, so that the incumbent office-holders automatically win.  While that sometimes occurs for federal positions, it is most consequential in state legislatures, where crucial policies are decided in elections…

One of the worst things about this August’s ballot measure to elect members to the Kansas Supreme Court is that Kansans are being led to believe the sitting court is inept — or worse, corrupt…

Justice Together still has it together. The coalition of about 40 Christian, Jewish and Baha’i faith congregations has a new cause — addressing gun violence in Wichita — along with its ongoing commitments to improving…

How many children in the United States have to drown before the other 49 states follow Louisiana’s lead? Five children have drowned in America in the past week alone. The latest was on Wednesday when…