This past Wednesday afternoon, we got perhaps the most disappointing answer yet to a question that I have been asking myself for most of my journalistic career. It happened as we watched the House’s dueling…

The historical special session of the Kansas legislature taking place this week will, I predict, thoroughly fulfill its true purpose, though not its official one. Being clear on the differences between the two is important…

Everything these days is political, even Thanksgiving dinner.  It’s going to be more expensive this year, Republicans complain, because of Joe Biden’s inflation. There’s certainly reason to argue that Democratic policies have contributed to higher…

At first glance, I didn’t think today’s conference on depression and teenage suicide would pertain to me.  But after a discussion with Amber Jewell, a social worker with Le Roy/Gridley schools, I realized that our…

The Kansas City Chiefs beat the Green Bay Packers last Sunday.  The opportunity opened up when the Packers’ star quarterback Aaron Rodgers could not play after testing positive for COVID-19.  Previously, Rodgers had said he…

Lots of wannabes with no political experience are running for office these days. Matthew McConaughey — yes, the actor — is considering a campaign for governor of Texas. Former decathlete and Wheaties spokesperson Caitlyn Jenner…

“A world of zero risk is not a world in which American diplomacy can deliver,” U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken said as he introduced his plan for modernizing American diplomacy at the Foreign Service…

Kansas is an agricultural powerhouse, producing 64% of the nation’s sorghum and 23% of its winter wheat. We’re ranked third in cattle production and beef processing, according to the Kansas Department of Agriculture. So why…

Daylight savings time has just ended and now everyone has had the chance to “fall back” to standard time. While many people enjoy that extra hour of sleep that comes each fall, 63% of Americans…

When Joe Biden ran for president in 2020, he had all the advantages of a nonincumbent in a year when everything had gone wrong. Biden waged a careful, disciplined campaign, built around a simple message:…