“This is the opening night we’ve always wanted.”  Wichita City Council member Bryan Frye said it, and I couldn’t have said it better myself.  Tuesday’s home opener for the Wichita Wind Surge was what the…

Feisty sports matches need referees to take control early or risk mayhem on the field. In the furious battle over the rights to dwindling Colorado River water — a game with life-or-death stakes — the…

I was born in Kansas but lived in Boston for many years. When the Red Sox were in town, I’d take my kids to Fenway Park early so we could watch batting practice. There’s no…

MEMPHIS — In January, my former high school classmate Larry Thorn was shot dead. Larry was sweet and beloved and a coach and secretary at a Shelby County, Tenn., middle school when he was killed…

As I teach my college-bound seniors “Antigone,” in what will be their final month and a half of school, I am asking them to consider: What laws are worth breaking? What superordinate priorities should people…

The best time to counsel a woman about abortion is long before she becomes pregnant. Not when she’s in the process. But on Friday, Kansas lawmakers passed legislation that requires physicians tell patients that abortion…

The Kansas State University men’s basketball team advanced to the Elite 8 last month before falling to Florida Atlantic. For first-year coach Jerome Tang, the accomplishment was exceptional. In those ways, playing in the fourth…

For the past several years Kansas families have suffered from a systemic lack of childcare.  Access to childcare is a problem in both urban and rural areas. 104 of the state’s 105 counties have a…

It’s been so long since there was any cause for optimism in Yemen that you might want to cross your fingers before you read on: The likelihood of an environmental catastrophe in the Red Sea,…

The Kansas Court of Appeals recently ruled voting is a fundamental right under the Kansas Constitution, and therefore it is subject to stronger legal protections from the barriers to voting an overzealous Kansas State Legislature…