Editorials

Day by day, President Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of a free and fair election grow more brazen. Day by day, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and other so-called leaders of the Republican…

Confirming with statistics what too many Americans have seen with their own eyes, the FBI Monday reported that in 2019, hate-motivated crimes rose to their highest level in more than a decade, and hate-motivated homicides…

A popular meme reads “A Zoom Thanksgiving is better than an ICU Christmas.” The reference is to the COVID-19 pandemic  that continues to hold much of the world in its grip and how it’s critical…

As soon as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security distributed a statement defending the integrity of the 2020 election, calling it “the most secure in American history,” two things were certain: President Trump’s claims of…

Baseball is a game of milestones. Babe Ruth’s 714 career home runs, and Hank Aaron eclipsing Ruth with 755 round-trippers. Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in 1947. Cal Ripken Jr.’s 2,632 consecutive games. And,…

The most recent election brought Sen. Anthony Hensley’s tenure in the Kansas Statehouse to an end. Hensley was the state’s longest-serving legislator and the Kansas Senate’s minority leader. Rick Kloos, founder of nonprofit God’s Storehouse,…

Even in an election year where standards of fair play seem to plummet with each passing day, last Monday’s attack by Georgia’s U.S. senators marked a new low. Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue called…

On Sunday, President Donald Trump almost conceded that Joe Biden is President-elect when he tweeted “He won.” Trouble is, he followed those two words with more accusations that the election was rigged. That the final…

Kansas has reached another grim marker in its ongoing battle with COVID-19. After residents became fatigued with the ongoing toll of the virus, they ventured outside more and more, congregated with friends and families, and…

More than half a million Kansans voted for Joe Biden for president.  In the end, not one counted. That’s because Kansas uses the winner-take-all formula to decide how to cast its electoral college votes that…