Republicans boasting about their great election mandate may want to hold the euphoria. As the final results trickle in from the late state of California, the GOP looks set to have the narrowest House majority…

One way Donald Trump may try to differentiate his second term from his first is by slashing the federal work force and budget and consolidating and restructuring a host of government agencies. For people who…

The pushback against cruise ships in the world’s top tourist destinations is nothing new.  More than three years ago, these vast vessels were barred from Venice’s lagoon on grounds of the risk they posed to…

It’s a telling sign when a 65-year-old has found a new purpose in life.  That would be Diana Stephens, a relatively recent transplant from California, who has since identified longtime Iolan Linda Johnson as her…

Every flu season, I think back to the young teacher I cared for as a nurse in the intensive care unit years ago.  He was just 28 years old, healthy, with no underlying conditions.  At…

Thanksgiving brings families together and gives us wonderful memories. Turkey is on the menu in most homes that celebrate the holiday. But the first Thanksgiving held by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag in 1621 likely…

Literature classes worldwide study Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), a great innovator of the short story.  He wrote closely observed and deeply empathic slices-of-life with a great sense of humor — but the Russian-Lit-class version of Dr.…

For most of the last 40 years, the “golden triangle” of southwest Kansas meatpacking towns — Dodge City, Garden City and Liberal — have thrived and grown while most other rural communities across the state…

In November 2019, when an epidemic of measles was killing children and babies in Samoa, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — who in recent days became Donald Trump’s pick to lead the department of Health and…

For most of the last 40 years, the “golden triangle” of southwest Kansas meatpacking towns — Dodge City, Garden City and Liberal — have thrived and grown while most other rural communities across the state…