The resignations of prosecutors at the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York this week are playing in the press as typical “resistance” to Donald Trump. They’re far from that, and the…

“I am a father, a loving husband, and dedicated civil servant. … I am tired from weeks of being bullied and censored by billionaires. “I am tired of waking up every morning at 2am wondering…

America First, as practiced by President Donald Trump in his second term, will instead — and probably sooner rather than later — amount to America Isolated or even America Hated. How such an outcome will…

 The signs were becoming impossible to ignore. Amy Utley was in a rut.   “Our agreement was I would work from 10 a.m. to 5,” she said.   She nervously giggles, burying her head in…

As I write, the Kansas House Committee on Judiciary is about to hear HB 2348, which would eliminate tenure at higher education institutions governed by the State of Kansas.   The bill emerged from a…

The prospect of mountains of milo rotting on port docks has moved a handful of “Sorghum Belt” members of Congress to see if they can get their colleagues to care. The grain, interchangeably known as…

In the Pentagon they must surely be on high alert. On Sunday, Feb. 9 President Donald Trump declared that it would soon become the target for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Accusing it…

Kansas has more than a few challenges these days.  Do we need to add a heaping dose of self-inflicted brain drain to the list?  Steven Lovett seems to think so.  Lovett is the general counsel…

Hours after President Donald Trump called for a society that is “merit-based” in his inaugural address, he fired the first woman to head a military service in American history. Four-star Coast Guard Adm. Linda Fagan…

President Trump gave the economy another jolt of uncertainty on Monday when he signed executive orders imposing 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports. His advisers say these tariffs are economically “strategic” rather than…