Every so often an appetite surges for an alternative reserve currency to the dollar — and a market booms in predictions of the greenback’s imminent demise. For nearly three-quarters of a century the dollar has…

The best thing that can be said of the 2023 session of the Kansas Legislature is that it is over. The second-best? It wasn’t quite as bad as it could’ve been.  But it came close. …

As the end of the school year approaches, a large number of U.S. students are facing an unpleasant possibility: They may be asked to repeat a grade due to low test scores. In response, some…

Ron DeSantis has messed with the wrong mouse. Disney’s announcement that it is suing the Florida governor for his bizarre harassment campaign against the company over policy criticism touches on several important issues — freedom…

Market discipline is at long last reasserting itself as the Federal Reserve normalizes monetary policy. The latest casualty is Bed Bath & Beyond Inc., which filed for bankruptcy on Sunday following years of changing consumer…

In an effort to roll back the state’s law on abortion, Republican legislators say they have the votes to overturn Gov. Laura Kelly’s recent vetoes on three bills. The first is misguidedly referred to as…

President Biden has accomplished a great deal, but defeating Donald Trump was the achievement that has defined and set the course of his presidency. “When I ran for president four years ago, I said we…

President Joe Biden’s announcement Tuesday that he will run for reelection is no surprise. Younger, ambitious Democrats, such as Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Gov. Gavin Newsom and even Vice President Kamala Harris kept their…

Some things should hardly need saying. It’s not ethical or legal to shoot someone for ringing your doorbell. Or leaving your driveway. Or rolling a basketball into your yard. Or accidentally getting into your car…

What happens behind closed doors when officials are meeting unlawfully has long been a concern of this newspaper, particularly because of how rare it is for those officials to face serious consequences for breaking the…