It’s not exactly balancing the budget if receipts but not debits are accounted for.That’s what Gov. Sam Brownback has done in predicting a rosey picture for the state budget that includes his tax cut proposals.Brownback’s…

Gabby Giffords is a big supporter of the Second Amendment. She believes every American should have the right to defend their home and property with a gun — within limits. Giffords, in fact, still practices…

To the editor,I read Ona Chapman’s letter to the editor on public education and I said, “Hurray!” Somebody finally said what I had been wanting to say about public education in our country and especially…

While rummaging through the mail atop my dad’s desk earlier this week I found confirmation of a poetry class on Emily Dickinson in which he had enrolled at the University of Kansas through its continuing…

As King of England, Richard III was not well-loved.Scoliosis gave the young king a curved spine, which the superstitious and uninformed of the day took as a sign of evil. Shakespeare referred to Richard III…

Imagine intruders storming Iola and raiding the Allen County Historical Society. Gen. Funston’s home is set ablaze. His statue, tumbled. Across the square the old jail museum is bombed. Down Madison Avenue, the Iola Public…

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has suggested a buyout program for homes affected by Hurricane Sandy. The program would provide homeowners with pre-hurricane market values for the bulk of the homes washed away. In some…

A man’s home is his castle. Well, less and less so in Kansas. Here, it may be more of an albatross.For the average American, his home is his biggest asset. We plow our earnings and…

The news earlier this week that Allen County Commissioners are reconsidering the second installment of a $100,000 pledge now due to the Allen County Community Foundation is hopefully no more than due diligence on their…

If the Republican Party wants to regain its national competitive advantage, conservative columnist David Brooks has suggested it build a “new wing,” that separates the Midwest and South from the rest of the nation’s Republicans.…