In the aftermath of Turkey’s devastating earthquake, 78 people have been arrested — not necessarily as scapegoats of the tragedy but because they are accused of “sharing provocative posts” on social media. Twenty have been…

Today’s daylight saving time (DST) system — spring-to-fall DST followed by winter standard time — is an excellent compromise, providing DST’s many advantages the majority of the year and yet avoiding winter standard time’s difficulties…

Almost everyone hates springing forward and falling back every year. Moving clocks ahead one hour in March only to return them to their previous settings in November wastes time — literally. No adjustments to clocks…

When culture-war battles reach a fevered pitch as they have in this year’s legislative session, a dynamic is created that makes rational decisions difficult. Legislation passed under such circumstances can result in, frankly, a mess.…

In an era when crime issues are often played for partisan advantage, it’s rare to see Republicans and Democrats come together in the cause of keeping innocent people out of prison. That just happened in…

Here in Kansas, March signifies the changing of the seasons. Sure there are a few false springs, second and third winters, maybe even a mud season before we’ll see true spring, but it’s on the…

If you think it’s unfair for would-be concertgoers to have to go through services like Ticketmaster, you might be shocked to learn that the Biden administration has issued a rule to force would-be asylum-seekers who…

I love sugar and, as a kid, I had a lot of cavities. Once, when I was in junior high, my dentist, the late Harvey Levinson, looked at me sternly and announced: “If you keep…

The day the Ukrainian Parliament declared independence on Aug. 24, 1991, I witnessed the historical moment from the gallery with my wife and a group of Western expatriates. Below us, amid rapturous applause, a huge…

Voter suppression bills are once again making their way through the state legislature.  The justification — or lack thereof as the case may be —  for these bills lies with the unsubstantiated claims of voter…