Last spring, I decided to let native wildflowers take over a small area of my lawn. I was giddy with excitement and hopeful that my little garden would be a haven for insects and other…

There is no arguing: Kansas is and always has been an incredible place to live. Our state is full of great communities ideal for setting your roots. While Kansas’ history has built itself as a…

Kansas Senators should go back to the drawing board with the education bill that provides families $5,000 a year per child for their education. On Wednesday, members of the House approved a measure that diverts…

As professionals who have worked in the world of private and public finance for several decades, we are proud of the work that has been done by the state of Kansas over the past six…

My hopes for a state park here dimmed considerably Wednesday morning when I received an email from Rep. Bill Rhiley of Wellington with the subject line “Tomorrow’s vote on a David Toland state park for…

Before Faulkner became the great Southern novelist, he hired on as the postmaster at the University of Mississippi. By all accounts he was an indifferent postmaster, opening the P.O. when he felt like it and…

In what could be the final political humiliation for the once proud Kennedy family, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is seriously considering throwing his hat in the 2024 ring. The anti-vaxxer and second eldest son of…

In the aftermath of Turkey’s devastating earthquake, 78 people have been arrested — not necessarily as scapegoats of the tragedy but because they are accused of “sharing provocative posts” on social media. Twenty have been…

Today’s daylight saving time (DST) system — spring-to-fall DST followed by winter standard time — is an excellent compromise, providing DST’s many advantages the majority of the year and yet avoiding winter standard time’s difficulties…

Almost everyone hates springing forward and falling back every year. Moving clocks ahead one hour in March only to return them to their previous settings in November wastes time — literally. No adjustments to clocks…