As 2024 continues, the press is still under attack here in the middle of the map. The Wichita City Council recently decided to replace The Wichita Eagle with its own website as the city’s official…

The leaders of the U.S. Congress have invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to address a joint meeting of the Senate and the House of Representatives on July 24. Normally, we Israelis would consider…

What began as a search for adequate ballfields for the Iola High softball and baseball programs ballooned into a comprehensive flood mitigation plan for Riverside Park Monday night. “You can’t have one without the other,”…

Reggie Jackson is still hitting them out of the park. Not since the former Yankee slugger clouted three home runs in a World Series game against the Dodgers in 1977 has Jackson done more with…

Peter Morgan’s play “Patriots,” which ended its Broadway run Sunday, tells the backstory of the rise of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The author of “The Crown” sees the story as the arrogant folly of post-glasnost…

The first debate of the 2024 presidential race is an equal opportunity for disaster for both candidates. Thursday’s faceoff between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden could be a seismic moment. A wobble…

Last month, I had the honor of walking the commencement stage at Yale Law School with my two children, ages 1 and 6 — a huge achievement for someone raised in New York City public…

Last week, a vote to ban women pastors fell just short of the two-thirds needed by the 10,000 delegates attending the Southern Baptist Convention. Those who voted against the constitutional amendment said it was unnecessary…

In April, President Joe Biden signed into law the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, a measure that could effectively ban the video-sharing app TikTok in the United States. The bill, passed as…

In case you missed it, China this week stepped up its naval harassment of an important American friend in Asia — and we don’t mean Taiwan. A serious skirmish involving the Philippine navy is a…