Editorials

Another tense weekend has come and gone in Europe, with Russian troops menacingly massed on Ukraine’s border — fortunately still on the Russian (and Belarusian) side. Hope for some sort of diplomatic escape from war…

It would have taken just one state senator Tuesday to kill the most corrupt deal in modern Kansas legislative history. One. One Republican senator with the courage to oppose the trade of Kansas kids’ health…

Something serious appears to have prompted Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., to label a fellow Republican, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, a “con artist” and “one of the worst human beings.” Perhaps it was Hawley’s public questioning…

At their core, the Olympics have always been about presenting the best that human determination and perseverance can achieve, creating ever so briefly a stage on which people from countries around the world can compete…

Over the past few days a number of brave artists have taken a valiant stand against the lies and misinformation being promoted on Spotify. In particular, Neil Young pulled his music from the Spotify platform…

The latest: State Rep. Suzi Carlson, a Clay Center Republican, was arrested and booked into jail Monday night on suspicion of driving under the influence and failing to stay in a single lane. That makes…

Keil Hileman survived a slow-growing brain tumor that ate his pituitary gland and left the Kansas middle school teacher immunocompromised. A bout with COVID-19 would likely incapacitate or kill him, he says, or even worse…

It’s a man-bites-dog news story. Fort Scott announced Monday that it will once again have a hospital. The welcome news bucks a 20-year trend of shuttering rural hospitals. Since 2005, almost 200 rural communities in…

Fox News host Tucker Carlson has inspired a new following from the extreme right, including some members of Congress, by asking: Why take Ukraine’s side instead of Russia’s? The arguments are vast for defending the…

The U.S. put 8,500 troops on alert Monday with the possibility of deploying them to shore up NATO defenses in Eastern Europe, and allies are sending ships and fighter jets. The West is finally getting…