In defending the perceived threat to election ballot boxes in Kansas, House Elections Committee chairman Rep. Pat Proctor, R-Leavenworth, likened the dangers of them being vandalized to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.  “I bet…

Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley doesn’t agree with President Joe Biden very often. When it happens, we take notice.  Well, it happened Tuesday night at the State of the Union address.  Amid all the tiresome, partisan…

President Joe Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address was a mixed bag for congressional Republicans. On the one hand, he wasn’t shy about challenging them (nor were they reluctant to push back at him.)…

The next time someone moans that Congress needs term limits, remember Bristol Bay. Sometimes it takes a long time to accomplish important goals in Washington, D.C. U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell fought for more than a…

President Biden’s decision on Jan. 30 to formally end the covid-19 national emergency this spring, unilaterally relinquishing exceptional powers the executive branch has claimed for three years, is a milestone worth celebrating. If declaring a…

For 10 years, North Carolina state Sen. Phil Berger remained opposed to expanding Medicaid, the public insurance program that provides health coverage to low-income Americans. Ever since the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010…

It must be admitted that the flap over an enormous Chinese balloon that flew or blew, unannounced, over the United States and Canada last week has a certain funny side. Pentagon generals went on high…

A proposed Republican “border security” plan, now stalled in the U.S. House, is so extreme that even some members of the party, namely Miami-Dade’s Maria Elvira Salazar, have denounced it, saying it jeopardized the U.S.…

Bravo to the Biden Administration, which on Thursday extended temporary safe haven status for another two years to Hong Kong citizens currently in the U.S. The decision will protect thousands of residents of the once…

The best way to fund state services and programs is a fair tax code. So when Kansas legislators propose to eliminate a tiered income tax program in favor of a flat tax rate, take note…