A proposed constitutional amendment to change the way Kansas selects Supreme Court justices isn’t on the ballot yet and won’t be for at least a year, but some of the state’s most prominent Republicans are…
Benedict Arnold’s plan to undermine his country’s fight for independence against the British was to weaken its defenses at West Point, N.Y., a major port. Arnold’s deceit was discovered when his British intelligence contact was…
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…