As has happened so many times before in European history, an aggressor’s bombs and tanks are wreaking horror and havoc on a weaker neighbor. This time, the victim is Ukraine, a member state of the…

Plenty of Kansas school districts are in need of qualified substitute teachers. We’re getting a bit desperate. The State Board of Education had already sought in January to help struggling Kansas school districts staff up…

Russia’s Vladimir Putin justified usurpation of two more Ukrainian territories on Monday as a reunification of what he says has historically been “one people,” one country. Shortly after, he ordered Russian troops into the regions…

Kamila Valieva, an Olympic figure skating competitor for the Russian Olympic Committee, was poised to take home a gold medal. Despite being just 15 years old, Valieva may never compete in another Olympic Games. This…

After all the epic upheaval in the 1970s over the Equal Rights Amendment, some are arguing that the constitutional amendment declaring, simply, that women must be afforded the same rights as men officially became law…

To confront Kremlin aggression, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared Tuesday a “day of unity.” To achieve the same objective, President Joe Biden has galvanized a new era of unity among NATO allies and partners. While…

Farmers and ranchers in rural Missouri and Illinois, it’s safe to say, are a pretty conservative group, firm in their longtime dedication to the deregulation and free-market principles of the Republican Party. But now might…

In late January, billionaire podcaster Chamath Palihapitiya stirred up controversy when he declared that “nobody cares about what’s happening to the Uyghurs,” the mostly Muslim ethnic group in northeast China that has been targeted since…

While our attention drifted elsewhere in the four years since a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School killed 17 people, Manuel Oliver recaptured it, starkly reminding us that the pain of losing a…

Iola leaders helped ensure the city’s future in two big ways Monday night. First, local school board members announced the district’s three elementary buildings will be renovated into apartments. And second, Iola council members rezoned…