The midterm elections are neither a Republican landslide nor a Democratic surprise … but there is still a long way to go before we have winners in several key races, and control of the Senate…

We may have to sit tight to learn the final results of Tuesday’s midterm elections. That’s OK. At least they’re over. And if the race for Kansas governor is as close as pundits predict, it’s…

So, I’m reading a book about Jackie Robinson — “True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson,” by Kostya Kennedy — and I’m thinking about all the sacrifices he made and all he had to endure…

Next to the Watkins Museum of History in downtown Lawrence sits a tiny park, a mere 90 by 92 feet. If you don’t keep your eyes open when strolling along the Massachusetts Street sidewalk, you…

“Wake up, America! Wake up!” John Lewis shouted at the 1963 March on Washington. That message is even more needed today, in the final stages of the most critical election for the survival of the…

On the eve of Tuesday’s midterm election, we already know voter turnout won’t be what it could be.  That’s because as a state — and country — we don’t do all we can to make…

At a recent conference at Wichita State University, four political observers were asked to make their predictions for next week’s elections. All four said they believed Sharice Davids would win re-election in the Third Congressional…

As communications director for the Republican National Committee in the 2010 election cycle, I was part of the “Fire Pelosi” campaign, launched on the day the House of Representatives passed the Affordable Care Act. Obamacare…

November’s ballot question 1, another constitutional amendment, appears harmless on first reading. A closer look, however, reveals it to be a dangerous overreach by the Kansas Legislature. The amendment’s goal, a “legislative veto,” violates democratic…

This fall I will mark my ballot to retain all six Kansas Supreme Court justices.  Yes, I know that everyone is entitled to their own opinion. So, as judges often demand, here’s the evidence supporting…