When the Internet first came into widespread use I was working as a librarian at a public library in Holland, Mich. Almost immediately, we librarians worried the Internet would be a threat to our jobs.…

Sen. Mary Pilcher-Cook, R-Shawnee, is using one mother’s fears about sex education as a springboard to craft a new state law. In this case, the mother is upset her ninth-grade daughter is learning about the…

How to fund Kansas’s schools is turning into class warfare with the battle lines being drawn between legislators who represent wealthy school districts and those who do not. Rep. Ray Merrick, speaker of the House,…

In the holiday classic “A Christmas Story” Ralphie labors to convince his parents a Red Ryder BB gun should await him under the tree on Christmas morning. He fears his fondest wish is dashed when…

Revenue coming to state coffers in February being $54 million less than expectations will deal the universities of Kansas and Kansas State, and other public colleges and universities, significant blows. Of the $17.2 million in…

OMG. “This is an economic problem, not a tax policy problem,” Gov. Sam Brownback said Tuesday afternoon in response to the news that February’s tax receipts fell short $54 million. Does he think we’re stupid?…

Hillary Clinton stormed closer to the Democratic presidential nomination with her landslide victory in the South Carolina primary Saturday. Today’s Super Tuesday primaries across the South may be the coup de grâce for Bernie Sanders.…

Respondents to on-street interviews by the Lawrence Journal-World said sales tax was a fair way for local and state governments to generate revenue.  “It affects everyone the same,” said one woman. Well, no it doesn’t,…

As the particulars are being decided for a technical education center at the site of the former Diebolt Lumber, it’s crucial we keep up the momentum. Two reasons: Local benefactor Ray Maloney’s support is not…

Larry Hart is retired from a lifetime in education, most recently as Lincoln Elementary principal. Nowadays he and wife Pam spend much of their time on the road to watch and support their grandchildren’s activities.…