This legislative session, Kansas legislators are considering whether to restrict what low-income households can buy with their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Specifically, Senate Bill 79 requests authorization from the federal government to prohibit…

In March 2020, President Donald Trump nominated Gen. Charles Q. Brown to be chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force. After Brown, a San Antonio native, was unanimously confirmed by the U.S Senate, Trump…

I went to a meeting of the League of Women Voters earlier this week.  I came away thinking that if things go the way I expect they’re going, they might need to change their name…

The Greatest Generation came home proudly in 1945 from World War II. They were victorious, both in Europe and North Africa, and with a string of awful battles on Pacific islands as they moved toward…

Businesses breathed a sigh of relief after President Trump gave Mexico and Canada a 30-day reprieve from his threatened 25% tariffs. But on Monday he said he is “going forward” with the tariffs next week.…

The United Nations is no great moral arbiter of anything, but at least the United States has tried over the years to have that group of nations recognize the truth about bad actors. That wasn’t…

Remember last month, when you didn’t have to think twice about the safety of America’s nuclear arsenal? Or how about last year, when you could file your taxes without wondering if the I.R.S. might share…

Republicans are talking about freedom again. Here is what I have to say about freedom: Freedom comes from knowing that there are people within the federal government who ensure that the products and services we…

On Feb. 18, President Donald Trump upped his game, declaring that Ukraine started the war with Russia.  Fact-checkers have proven that he told thousands of lies during his campaigns and his first term in office,…

The worst thing that has ever happened to U.S. elections was the no-holds barred introduction of campaign contributions granted to corporations and other outside groups by the 2010 U.S. Supreme decision Citizens United v. Federal…