Opinion

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…

We hung Christmas lights Thursday afternoon at son Aaron’s home in Kansas City while 5-year-old grandson Julian orchestrated the action with an assortment of nearby sticks that easily diverted his attention elsewhere. From inside, 1-year-old…

With the election of three new members this year, the Kansas State Board of Education is expected to focus more on conservative issues like the recognition of Trans students, books in the school library, and…

Matt Gaetz on Thursday dropped out of consideration to be Donald Trump’s new Attorney General, and readers as far west as Topeka might have heard the whooshing noise, as Senate Republicans in Washington sighed in…

The week after he won the White House, Donald Trump announced his national security advisor.  It was 2016 and the pick was Mike Flynn, a man with an oddly pro-Russian worldview who only would last…

Allen County Commissioner Jerry Daniels asked for help Tuesday in keeping track of emergency management services. “We have a contract that increases every year. We’re purchasing vehicles and now we’re doing matching grants,” he said. …

If you think about it, putting Dr. Mehmet Oz, a paid shill for the health supplement industrial complex on TV and the internet, in charge of the health care of half of Americans makes perfect…

The United States government must stop blatantly violating the law with regard to arms sales to Israel.  The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act are very clear: The United States…

In a fitting and just outcome, Infowars, the hateful tool of the odious Alex Jones, who profited from horrid lies about the murdered of children of the Sandy Hook school massacre, is now the property…

Here’s a warning for Kansas Republicans: You may love private school vouchers. But there’s every reason to think that voters hate them.  And here’s a warning for Kansans: There’s also good reason to believe that…