Kansas legislators are devoting a considerable amount of energy to seeing that transgender youths are banned from participating in school and intramural sports. The danger of such activities? None proven. But that’s not stopping Republican…

Let’s check in with Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall, our tour guide for a trip to the U.S.-Mexico border over the weekend. “There is nothing humane about what we have going on right now at our…

Some remember when a single income could provide for an entire family. Whether it was a job at Lehigh Cement or teaching school, Gates Corporation or IMP Boats, single incomes were sufficient to support a…

Three members of the U.S. House delegation from Kansas — Ron Estes, Tracey Mann, and Jake LaTurner — recently sent a letter to Gov. Laura Kelly. In it, the Republicans offered such helpful advice. Kansas,…

Republicans are lining up for the chance to oppose Democrat Gov. Laura Kelly in the 2022 campaign for governor. Most notably is Derek Schmidt, Kansas attorney general. Because Kansas leans heavily Republican, career politician Schmidt…

I had a front row seat watching the court system be manipulated. Being married to Lance Armstrong’s agent (now ex-husband) meant seeing a legal strategy play out where the judicial system was used to silence…

Unlike government programs that create a large bureaucratic structure to administer them, the child allowance that is part of President Biden’s $1.9 stimulus plan has a simple premise: It will send checks directly to families.…

Wednesday’s passage of the American Rescue Act signals an ideological shift on how to move the needle on poverty.  Because clearly, any recent attempts have not worked. Today, almost 12% of Americans live in poverty,…

One of the most intriguing questions still lingering from Meghan Markle’s and Prince Harry’s interview with Oprah Winfrey is who in the royal family was concerned about whether the couple might have a dark-skinned baby.…

It was only a matter of time. And sure enough, just days after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott lifted that state’s COVID-19 mask mandate — allowing businesses to open and crowds to gather at pre-pandemic levels…