The poignancy is not lost that on the eve of Mother’s Day almost 300 girls are hostages of Nigerian terrorists. Many are to be sold as child brides, the others as prostitutes.  The perpetrators…

When I was 8 or 9 years old, every time we drove past a particular house just outside Humboldt, Mom ordered the car’s windows rolled up. A kid who lived there had polio and she…

Kansas caught up with the rest of the country Friday night when legislators voted to open search and arrest warrant affidavits to the public. Kansas has been the only state in the nation to keep…

I am not a nervous person. Yet, I envy the calm of Kansas legislators and their ability to “shake off” the news Kansas tax collections for April are $92 million less than projected. The news…

In my lifetime I may have lost 1,000 pounds, including more than 100 in one session. Since I was a teenager efforts to lose weight have cropped up time and again. I could blame it…

California’s Gov. Jerry Brown is acting like a Republican.  The staunch Democrat wants to build up the state’s rainy day fund, because an “inevitable recession” is on the horizon, just as sure as tomorrow dawns.…

Those in the Department of Corrections are holding their breaths legislators will pass a  budget that takes them through next year. “We won’t breathe easy until the dotted line is signed,” said Jeremy Barclay, a…

It’s not to the point that I can’t sleep, but there’s no plan for succession at The Register.  My three children have chosen education and ministry for their life work. And though they could easily…

I grew up with a milder form of rock music than I heard the other day booming from a car when I pulled into an Iola convenience store.  Buddy Holly was my favorite, along with…

The very thought that Kansas legislators would have control over Medicare should cause every Kansas senior to quake in his boots. The possibility became closer to reality Tuesday night when Gov. Sam Brownback quietly signed…