Tust me, I’m from the government. Who would have thought conservatives would rally around that statement, but it appears many are. Conservatives who are urging passage of an amendment to remove the right to an…

When the national chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity suspended the organization’s University of Kansas chapter indefinitely last week it did just what every Greek letter organization should do with their rule-breaking chapters: Get rid…

It’s been six years since Allen County, Iola or Humboldt has increased their funding for economic development provided by Thrive Allen County.  In the year so far, Thrive has brought about $5 million this area’s…

There’s nothing new about sports stars preening and prancing and doing everything they can to selfishly draw attention to themselves while they’re supposedly trying to uplift their team. Selfishness in professional sports is almost to…

The end of this first round of Jan. 6 committee hearings offers a moment for the nation to take stock of what has been revealed about former President Donald Trump, his acolytes and their scheme…

A time-honored Washington axiom holds that one should never attribute to scandal what could be explained by garden-variety incompetence. In the case of the Secret Service’s mysteriously missing text messages, however, mere ineptitude doesn’t quite…

During the sentencing trial of the confessed Parkland shooter, jurors and families have had to hear the blasts of rifle shots echo in the hallways of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. They listened to the…

The real action of the prime-time hearing Thursday on the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was the inaction: the 187 minutes that President Donald Trump spent doing next to nothing while an…

No matter the outcome of the Aug. 2 vote on whether to keep Kansas abortion laws on the books, the experience provides valuable lessons. First off, Kansas voters should demand an issue of such importance…

Kansas voters registered as Republicans face three choices on the Aug. 2 ballot for the GOP nomination for state attorney general.  We enthusiastically endorse Tony Mattivi in the race. That’s not because we substantively support…