Smoke obscured Washington’s skies again on Wednesday, wafting in from wildfires raging across Canada. Further risks emerged uncomfortably close to D.C., after the National Weather Service on Tuesday declared a critical fire weather outlook for…

 The flat tax is dead. Long live the flat tax.  That’s the attitude of Kansas Republicans these days.  Having failed in their attempt to upend the state’s tax system in favor of high earners —…

Imagine a man trying to suavely smoke in front of a woman — with the words “cigarettes cause impotence” stamped along the length of the actual cigarette. Other health effects of smoking are more dire,…

California officials are considering filing civil and criminal charges for what they call “state-sanctioned kidnapping” against whoever is responsible for flying migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border region to Sacramento on two planes the last few…

Adapting to change requires one to be flexible and ready when a new situation arises. Missouri River Regional Library followed that path this week when facing a new state rule that requires public libraries to…

Monday evening, Humboldt city council members unanimously approved going for a high-powered electric vehicle charging station on the downtown square primarily by means of a federal grant, noting how it would draw EV users to…

Nearly 22 years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, a usually invisible but always vigilant network protects the homeland from potential enemies. That system appears to have worked on Sunday afternoon as six F-16…

The risk of conflict in the Western Pacific is growing as China raises the military stakes with a goal of dominating the region. The Biden Administration will have to keep its nerve, while preparing for…

Most days we each face decisions, few with serious consequences.  Others, however, can be harbingers of what’s to come, for good or ill. Though we may be reading too much into it, an instance from…

It’s not difficult for Democrats and Republicans alike to list multiple reasons to hate the debt limit agreement reached over the weekend by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden. The irony, of course,…