Opinion
In November 2021, I wrote on the prevalence of lead pipes in our state. The number of lead pipes in Kansas is particularly high, comparatively, because lead mining was a major industry in southeast Kansas…
Maybe Israel will now get the message that the United States is not its golden goose. We say that with tongue in cheek. Even so, we’re heartened to learn President Joe Biden has stalled delivery…
Joe Simitian long had his eye on a seat in Congress. It would have been a fine way to cap his 40-year political career. “I viewed it as an opportunity to improve the lives of…
President Biden and former president Donald Trump don’t agree on much, but both have pledged not to touch Social Security benefits. This is a reflection of political reality, which is that a lot of seniors,…
The discovery of bird flu virus particles in milk has moved the federal government to take more aggressive action to prevent the further spread of H5N1 on dairy farms. The Agriculture Department has rightly issued…
With neither Israel or Hamas seemingly concerned about the fate of Palestinian civilians, the trajectory of the now seven-month war is a landscape of tragic hills and valleys. Current negotiations with Egypt, Qatar and the…
May 24 is the 100th anniversary of the Rogers Act, the law that established, for the first time in our country, a professional Foreign Service. Before the Rogers Act, the United States was represented abroad…
I am a lifelong Republican. I am also a longtime NPR listener and supporter and, at times, have been a manager. As you can imagine, I have a few thoughts about the firestorm set off…
The We the People competition has trained young Americans to know and engage in our democratic system for over 30 years. It has long been recorded that Benjamin Franklin, when departing the Constitutional Convention in…
Perhaps it’s because Rep. Fred Gardner remembers when Coffey County “had nothing,” that he’s acutely aware of the difference a major industry like the Wolf Creek nuclear power plant can have on a region. …
