Fred Hiatt, the Washington Post’s longtime editorial page editor, made human rights his journalistic passion. News of authoritarian abuses and atrocities seemed to affect him personally. You could see how much he cared in the…

I’ve missed only one Christmas with some sort of family.  Even today I can remember the pangs of loneliness while trying to steel myself with a cavalier attitude. I was 20 and attending school in…

In this space we do the talking, about what the Daily News deems important and worthy. But today we are giving a good chunk of our space to Secretary of State Tony Blinken. America’s top…

The Senate skipped town for the holidays without a deal to aid Ukraine and bolster border security, but Members claim they can regroup and pass something in the New Year. Let’s hope they do, because…

One of the great themes of the Christmas season is surprise. Every child excited for Christmas morning understands it: the sense of wonder that comes along with an unexpected gift. From a Savior born in…

2023 was the year of the economic woman. Will it last? You get to decide.  I was born in 1976. My mother was 26 years old and recently married. The Vietnam War was over. Fat…

The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday made the right call to restore a constitutionality challenge to a state law that purports to prohibit impersonation of election officials.  The lawsuit followed the passage of House Bill…

Historians will not look back on 2023 as a happy year for humanity. Wars blazed, autocratic regimes swaggered and in many countries strongmen flouted laws and curbed liberty.  This is the grim backdrop to our…

Ukraine surprised everyone — above all, probably, Vladimir Putin — with its determined resistance to Russia’s attack in February 2022. But now the war has ground down to a lethal stalemate. Ukraine cannot win this…

It takes just a second to switch tabs in an internet browser. The same applies to switching from one email app to another on a phone. Yet Kansas’ Attorney General Kris Kobach still opted to…