Russian President Vladimir Putin is playing mind games with us. On Thursday afternoon, Putin blamed “Western elites” for giving Ukraine unwarranted support in their valiant eight-month resistance to his attempted takeover. Our values of fighting…

This election season, Gov. Laura Kelly and her allies have relentlessly worked to tie her opponent Derek Schmidt to former Gov. Sam Brownback, particularly the unpopular  cuts to education funding.   Yet far more can…

Do Kansans want to stay in Kansas? Can they?  Most of us probably will. The new “Kansas Speaks” survey from Fort Hays State University reveals that roughly two-thirds of Kansans expect to be living in…

Abortion rights may not be on the ballot, but they will undoubtedly influence the November election.  You’ve probably heard a lot of people try to extrapolate from the Aug. 2 results to forecast what will…

While my kids are now in the days of after-school sports and band practice, I remember the difficulties of finding quality, affordable child care when they were young. My wife and I wanted to make…

Just when you thought state politics couldn’t get any more absurd, the Kansas Department of Commerce has gotten its name tied to a Halloween drag show at Towne West Square in Wichita.  And the Kansas…

Dear readers, here are some of my picks on the Nov. 8 ballot and why.  United States Senator Sen. Jerry Moran earns our support because he upheld the U.S. Constitution as one of the first…

Kansas and all of the United States teeter on the edge of a treacherous canyon. If we drop into that vast gulf, climbing out again will take years if not decades. Yet nearly half of…

The Star’s editorial board is publishing a series of voter recommendations in Kansas and Missouri in the November election. We’ve long encouraged readers to vote, and voting means making tough choices. It’s my belief that…

The single biggest thing at stake in next month’s midterm elections has attracted only a sliver of the attention dedicated to subjects such as Dr. Oz’s dog experiments, girls’ high school sports or Hunter Biden’s…