On Aug. 14, Dolly Parton is coming to Kansas to celebrate the statewide success of her Imagination Library program.  Dolly’s Imagination Library is an example of how music, art, and culture can intersect with social…

Last week’s congressional hearings on UAPs, more popularly known as UFOs, were unusual even by the standards of U.S. politics — in both content and style. Not only did members of the military and intelligence…

We’re only halfway through 2023, and it feels already like the year of alien contact. In February, President Joe Biden gave orders to shoot down three unidentified aerial phenomena — NASA’s title for UFOs. Then,…

Dear editor, Kansas legislators have tabled a bill for medical marijuana. The Governor was ready to sign the bill, but lawmakers and law enforcement are against it. It is unconscionable for our legislators and the…

Mental health parity has been a political applause line for more than three decades. And it’s been federal law since 1996, when President Bill Clinton signed the Mental Health Parity Act, a statute whose obligations…

As the walls close in on Donald Trump and the GOP squabbles over spending, House Republicans are flirting with the idea of an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden. At least one of them isn’t…

If you physically try to stop a police officer from doing his or her job, you’re likely to be arrested. You could be preventing officers from stopping a serious crime or even saving a life.…

I was never a Barbie girl, but I definitely understand what it means to live in a Barbie world. Growing up in the ‘80s in a feminist household, I didn’t have a Barbie, but I…

The Teamsters, as always, are delivering the goods, this time in the form of a labor agreement with UPS as a potential strike threatened to shut down deliveries that undergird large parts of the American…

Publisher’s Weekly recently reported that book sales for the first half of the year are down once again, continuing a trend that has accelerated since the pandemic. As usual, I seem to be out of…