Editorials

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…

We can’t disagree with the anger aimed at Joe Manchin for dragging the Senate along for months before finally admitting there’s no pared-down version of a Build Back Better bill he will support after all.…

It’s ironic how I checked my weather app multiple times daily as we harvested wheat in June. We wanted to get the crop out of the fields before the summer storms rolled in, which always…

Kansas voters face one of the most important questions in state history on Aug. 2. They’ll decide if the Kansas Constitution will make women second-class citizens, with fewer rights than men. They’ll decide if a…

It’s hard to overestimate how big a deal it is that Panasonic chose Kansas to build a new plant to manufacture lithium-ion batteries.   At a minimum, the deal means a $4 billion investment and…

“Big protest in D.C. on January 6th,” President Donald Trump tweeted in December of 2020. “Be there, will be wild!” His supporters listened. This week’s hearing by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6,…

Four years after his son Joaquin was shot and killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Broward County, Manuel Oliver’s pain is still raw. Right or wrong, he took his personal fight to the…