The Supreme Court’s decision to let a draconian Texas law banning most abortions go into effect is a clear signal of what’s coming: This court is poised to eviscerate a fundamental right of women that…

There are eight of us, all women, all physicians who take care of the sickest children in the nation in Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs) in the Midwest, the East Coast, the West Coast and…

In Texas, there is now a law that encourages citizens to turn on one another. Effective Wednesday, Senate Bill 8 not only essentially bans abortion in Texas, but financially rewards individuals who report those they…

As more and more parents in the U.S. see the connection between football and brain damage, the game we love will change. Many will tell their teenage boys, “You can play any sport you want…

If you’ve ever been short on blood, you know what it is to feel rotten. Too little blood coursing through your body can leave your head pounding and your lungs laboring. Simple physical tasks like…

Hurricane Ida, the fifth-strongest hurricane ever to hit the mainland United States, slammed into New Orleans on Sunday, bringing to Louisiana’s southern coast 150-mile-per-hour winds and a 16-foot storm surge exactly 16 years after Hurricane…

Lawrence strives to be a compassionate community. That’s an admirable quality and a good goal that we should smartly try to build upon. Thus, it seems this question is reasonable: How is it compassionate to…

We’ve got to do better, folks. In Thursday’s edition, we reported the the Kansas Department of Health and Environment has started ranking counties by factors influencing their COVID-19 transmission risk. The news wasn’t good for…

The opportunity for Congress to expand Medicare is a real possibility if Democrats hang together during the upcoming budget resolution talks. Two changes would make a huge difference: 1. Lower the eligibility age to 60;…

Kansas state Sen. Mike Thompson has a lot to say about climate change. Is it ironic or perhaps poetic justice that his opinions are nothing more than hot air? Speaking to the Kansas Independent Oil…