The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved up the doomsday threat on Tuesday. The group — founded in part by Albert Einstein, J. Robert Oppenheimer and other pioneering scientists, who helped develop the first nuclear…

The recurring farce of lifting the US government debt ceiling began again this week. As total debt surpasses $31.4 trillion — the current statutory limit — the Treasury is undertaking a series of bookkeeping maneuvers…

It’s all too familiar. Flashing red and blue lights, crying survivors, body bags carried out by stone-faced paramedics and coroners. This time, it took place outside a Lunar New Year celebration in the predominantly Asian…

Defense spending is vital to ensure the nation’s security. But that doesn’t mean the Pentagon should be above budget scrutiny. Far from it, as a recent audit reveals. Last week, the Government Accountability Office concluded…

Conservative culture warriors have declared a new front in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. Over two days, officials in the Lee’s Summit School District received more than 200 complaints targeting close to 60 books in school libraries,…

Visit a faculty break room on a college campus these days. Or gather a group of university professors together for a Friday afternoon cocktail. Or call one on the phone to ask how classes are…

Like the hockey-masked villain in some cheesy horror flick, the GOP’s debt ceiling caucus just keeps coming back. Once again, the party’s more radical members are threatening to hold America’s full faith and credit hostage…

The 2022 legislative session saw some significant policy advances, particularly putting Kansas on the path to eliminating the regressive sales tax on food. But far too much time in the legislature was spent on hot…

Managing editor’s note: Judy Works called the Register office this morning marveling at how history repeats itself. She referenced the editorial below, which we gladly reprint. The circumstances are uncannily similar: Fred and Abby Works…

The ugly messages of bigotry happened on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.  On Monday, a day revered and celebrated for civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., we were reminded why racism and hate are…