At 3 a.m. on July 8, a man with a hammer decapitated an 18-foot sculpture of a woman at the University of Houston. I made this sculpture, and I called it “Witness” as an allegory…

Dear editor, I am writing to endorse Sheriff Murphy for re-election. I am a 32-year veteran of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, having served the last 12 years as the associate director.  I worked closely…

Sometimes I ask myself, “What would Jesus say?” Not the fabled “What would Jesus do?” (WWJD) of a distant era, but rather what would He say? Any comforting words He might have for us after…

When an autocrat declares victory despite evidence to the contrary, you are in make-believe territory. On Sunday night, after six long hours waiting for the election authorities to deliver results, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was…

Donald Trump wowed the crowds Saturday at the Bitcoin Conference by promising to make the U.S. the “crypto capital of the planet.” But he has some work to do to iron out the contradiction in…

This nation was founded on a simple yet profound principle: No one is above the law. Not the president of the United States. Not a justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. No…

Dear editor, I am writing to express my support for Sheriff Bryan Murphy’s re-election campaign. I have known Bryan since 1994 and have seen his exceptional leadership firsthand as a former Allen County Commissioner and…

Months if not years in the making, a bipartisan bill in Washington seeks to speed up permitting for new energy infrastructure, which far too often today gets bogged down if not killed by exhausting regulatory…

I welcomed Sunday’s news that President Joe Biden would not run for reelection and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris in his stead.  As a former attorney general for California, Harris was tough on crime, prosecuting…

Dear editor, I’m not 84 and “don’t get around much anymore” — as the old song says. I take advantage of Thrive’s transportation service on a regular basis. Most recently we went through downtown Iola. …