Opinion

Recently, I spent an hour sorting through newspaper stories from the mid-2000s about the sale of a regional drugstore chain. The week before, I skimmed articles from the 1960s about racial discrimination at a popular…

If there is one thing that Americans of all political stripes can agree on, it is that the economy is broken. Donald Trump, who saw trade as a rip-off and his country in decline, came…

French President Emmanuel Macron might have thought he could escape turmoil at home and burnish his credentials as a global statesman by making a high-level state visit to China earlier this month. Instead, he exposed…

Hi Wichita. Feel like paying property taxes so Wichita’s millionaire Steven brothers don’t have to?  If you’re like me, that’s probably a hard no.  But it’s what the Kansas House of Representatives passed in the…

Dear editor, Trash blowing around is not limited to the Allen County Landfill.  Willful dumping of beer and pop cans, twine, papers, furniture on country roads has long been an eyesore. I know. I pick…

More than 2,000 Swiss women, their ages averaging in the low 70s, are suing their country’s government, arguing that Switzerland has violated their basic human rights by not doing enough to respond to climate change.…

Living in a small town is wonderful. Knowing people in the grocery store, the space and security for children to play in parks or yards and a shared sense of ownership with your neighbors to…

Dion Lefler’s recent piece in the Wichita Eagle about the ups and downs of Wichita’s AA baseball team the Wichita Wind Surge has me thinking about our expectations of what a new state park will…

Dear editor, I have noticed with keen interest two Register articles in the last couple of weeks about the problem at the landfill with blowing trash.  Friday’s pictures were especially interesting because most of the…

Any breach in the integrity of the nation’s system of managing secrets is a cause for serious concern. The leaks of classified intelligence documents online, through Discord, a platform popular with gamers, appears to have…