As the economy recovers, many Republicans have turned to culture wars to unite the GOP and boost their political standing. As he vetoed an egregiously anti-transgender bill, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) argued Monday that…

Perhaps the life of George Floyd would have been spared if Derek Chauvin and the three other Minneapolis police officers with him had just paid attention. Not just attention to Floyd as he cried for…

Faced with a burgeoning crisis at the southern border, President Joe Biden has pledged to increase economic assistance to countries in Central America’s Northern Triangle. He’s right to do so. But money alone won’t be…

Allen County commissioners backed off Tuesday from mandating face masks to guard against the spread of COVID-19 to simply “recommending” that people maintain the practice. Commissioners took their cue from state leaders who last week…

Like much of Joe Biden’s presidency to date, the $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan he laid out last Wednesday is remarkably ambitious. Rightly so. America’s economic future is at stake. The country needs a bold new…

Major League Baseball doesn’t like cheaters, either on the field of play or elsewhere. And it’s been ever thus. This is why the MLB was undeniably correct to pull this year’s All-Star game from Atlanta…

There is, inherently, a timelessness to great writing. Beverly Cleary was a great writer. “Don’t pester, Ramona,” said Mrs. Quimby. “I’ll get you there in plenty of time.” “I’m not pestering,” protested Ramona, who never…

In their eagerness to pass tax cuts, Kansas Republicans are choosing to ignore that the federal government just passed one of its own. On Tuesday, the Kansas Department of Revenue broke the news that state…

My youngest is now 9, but my memories of his baby and toddlerhood are still quite vivid. Pleasant memories of his first steps and other milestones are interspersed with  traumatic memories of near constant threats…

Gene Suellentrop handed his Kansas Senate leadership colleagues a crowbar, and they still can’t seem to see the need to pry him from office. Late Friday, the Senate majority leader was formally charged with multiple…