The U.S. Supreme Court has proven its mettle in its first important confrontation with the Trump administration — barely. By a 5-4 vote, the court upheld an order by a federal judge requiring the government…

President Trump held a summit on Friday with crypto-currency enthusiasts where he touted his plan to establish national stockpiles for bitcoin and other crypto tokens. What could go wrong? Mr. Trump’s new executive order issued…

Dear Editor, Recent articles and feedback from Kansans have raised important questions about the future of the Food for Peace program. Through this program, the federal government purchases surplus commodities from our nation’s farmers and…

Color me green. The city of Garnett recently came into possession of what once was an enormous steel pavilion used to house the farmers market in Overland Park. The structure is actually three pavilions, each…

Early in my career as a pediatrician, it would not be unusual to get a phone call in the middle of the night from the worried parent of a child with a high fever. I…

Two weeks ago, my wife was fired from her job with the federal government. We were playing a board game and having a beer when her phone rang. A colleague asked if she had “got…

President Trump won the Presidency a second time by promising working-class voters he’d lift their real incomes. Which makes it all the more puzzling that he’s so intent on imposing tariffs that will punish those…

For many years, while China strategically secured minerals from around the world, the United States rarely used foreign policy to obtain the minerals it needs. That has finally changed — and dramatically so.  Within the…

“This is one of the rudest audiences I’ve ever encountered,” said Sen. Roger Marshall in, of all places, Oakley, Kan. Primarily elderly veterans and farmers attended the Saturday morning forum. And no, as Marshall’s staff…

With his first weeks back in office, and especially after Friday’s Oval Office brawling with Ukraine’s president, it’s clear President Trump has designs for a new world order. Perhaps he could share this vision with…