If the past decade has an overarching lesson, it is that, in politics, culture and society, emotion is often more powerful than reason. The coronation on May 6 of King Charles III and Camilla, Queen…

On the very last day of the Kansas Legislative session, lawmakers decided the biggest item of their budget — $6.3 billion to fund K-12 public schools.  Across the 90 days, USD 257 Superintendent of Schools…

Nearly half of Kansans live in a child care desert, and 21 Kansas counties don’t have any slots available at all. Owning my family child care has given me a front row view of the…

Michelle would have told me to put it on the table. Instead, I let it fester inside. All week I’ve tried to dismiss an anonymous email I recently received as nothing more than someone’s spur-of-the-moment…

As spring assessments and graduation festivities signal the end of the school year in Kansas, state legislators are crafting bills that could put the future of public education in Kansas at risk. As Kansas teachers…

Ty Masterson is feeling cranky about Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly.  Kelly’s veto pen is running hot these days — she has vetoed 15 bills during this session of the Kansas Legislature, the most of any…

What bride wants to be pelted with butterfly corpses? My neighbor told me this harrowing scenario recently played out at her granddaughter’s wedding. As the guests filed out of the church to await the newlyweds’…

This session, lawmakers in Topeka decided to take on the child care crisis and proposed a series of sweeping changes to our child care system. Those of us in the early childhood field truly appreciate…

On Monday, Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a tax cut plan that overwhelmingly favors the wealthy to the disadvantage of the less than. Kelly singled out Republicans’ 5.15% flat tax proposal for its inherent disparities. If…

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy is making a ransom demand. His hostage is the economy and America’s credibility. Mr. McCarthy has threatened that House Republicans will refuse to raise the federal government’s debt ceiling,…