Allen County’s airport is “The Little Engine that Could.” Beginning in the 1920s, the airport was situated on 29 acres on North Cottonwood across from Highland Cemetery and was under Iola’s domain. After World War…

President Trump wants peace in Ukraine, but Vladimir Putin keeps tapping the U.S. along. Witness the Russian leader’s embarrassing no-show in Istanbul Thursday. This revealing episode began last week as the leaders of the major…

Two contradictory events this week illustrate the muddled, inconsistent mess that passes for U.S. immigration policy. On Monday, Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau personally welcomed almost 60 white South Africans claiming refugee status to…

Every time recycling enthusiasts request city and county officials to investigate launching a recycling service, their arguments grow stronger.  At Monday’s Iola Council meeting, local recycling organizer Steve Strickler illustrated how he and other volunteers…

While there’s nothing inherently wrong with the U.S. military accepting used equipment from another country, President Donald Trump’s plan to use a Boeing 747 from Qatar as a new Air Force One and then keeping…

Back in December I wrote a column on symbolism and substance in politics. At the time, I was especially struck by the problem of what it means to take political rhetoric — the constant, often…

Bob Worsley has solid conservative credentials. He’s anti-abortion. A fiscal hawk and lifelong member of the Mormon Church. As an Arizona state senator, he won high marks from the National Rifle Association. These days, however,…

The deaths of 19 students and two teachers in a mass shooting at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary showed Texas that it wasn’t doing enough to keep kids safe in school. Almost three years later, it still…

Imagine if you just finished Mother’s Day dinner and one of your kids gave you a greeting card showing blood streaming down your back after being shot with burning arrows.  You’d probably take that child…

Rarely has an economic policy been repudiated as soundly, and as quickly, as President Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs — and by Mr. Trump’s own hand.  Witness the agreement Monday morning to scale back his punitive…