Among the many debatable issues around Covid-19 is one unassailable fact: The coronavirus is nonpartisan. It makes no judgment about one’s political leanings. The vaccines that were developed to fight this virus have no political…

The blight of industrial-scale old-growth logging in Alaska is about to end. And it couldn’t have happened soon enough. And, in fact, it didn’t happen soon enough. The Biden administration recently announced sweeping protections for…

Missourians have spoken — they want Medicaid expansion. The courts have spoken — Missouri must open Medicaid to an estimated 275,000 more of our neighbors who need help. Lawmakers, worried about the cost, have argued…

With schools set to resume in just a few weeks, Rebecca Johnson, director of the Southeast Kansas Multi-County Health Departments, is in panic mode. The COVID-19 pandemic is nowhere close to being eradicated and even…

Anybody who remembers the 1970s remembers the Great Inflation, when retirees on fixed incomes struggled to make ends meet. They probably also remember what happened next, when the Federal Reserve under Paul Volker tightened the…

Hilary Garrett is much like thousands of other students at Kansas State University. But unlike most, who don’t worry about how to get from here to there, she has to negotiate the campus using a…

“Let that sink in” is among the most persistent refrains on political Twitter. Jolts have hit American brains too fast and too furious over the past five years, what with political upheaval and the pandemic.…

Right now, Simone Biles’ fans must be wondering if they will see her out-of-this-world talents again at the Tokyo Olympics. They may never have imagined that this young woman — who set seemingly impossible new…

A move in Congress to require young women to register for the draft as young men are required to do has riled conservatives like Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo. The issue is, for the moment at…

It’s cheap. It’s convenient. And it’s claimed to be easily recyclable. Yes, I am talking about Styrofoam or styrene. These disposable foam containers are widely used and resist biodegradation, thus increasing the risk of environmental…