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A fact-based response to Charlotte O’Hara on redistricting, leadership and party unity

Republican gubernatorial candidate Charolette O’Hara has  made untruthful, deceptive and specious remarks lately directed at House Speaker Dan Hawkins and
By Dane Hicks
5 min
29Jan 2026

Trump’s first year: Results over rhetoric

    One year into his return to the Oval Office, Donald Trump has delivered what supporters long argued was missing
By Dane Hicks
3 min
25Jan 2026

Whose insurrection is this, anyway?

After the Biden–Harris Justice Department spent three years stretching the interpretation of “obstruction of an official proceeding” to hammer January
By Dane Hicks
3 min
10Jan 2026

Reader: Quips don’t hide Kansas Reflector’s Dark Money questions

The Kansas Reflector’s Clay Wirestone’s attempt to caricature Senate President Ty Masterson says far more about the Reflector than it
By Dane Hicks
7 min
26Dec 2025

Prairie Band Potawatomi picks criminals over law & order in ICE contract dust up

Tribal Chairman Joseph Rupnick addresses the firing of Prairie Band LLC staff over the ICE contract./Youtube capture The Prairie Band
By Dane Hicks
5 min
15Dec 2025

To hurt Trump, media obscures “affordability”

Does the mainstream media hate Donald Trump enough to lie about the U.S. economy in order to damage Republicans’ chances
By Dane Hicks
3 min
11Dec 2025

Kansas Department of Education dodges public questions on dumbing down standards

It’s not uncommon for education administrators to make easily debunked claims about student achievement or school finance from the safety
By Dane Hicks
6 min
01Dec 2025

Marion newspaper gets cash, apology after illegal raid

Justice, it seems, some days is served. In a dramatic move unforeseen by many, county officials have agreed to pay
By Dane Hicks
4 min
25Nov 2025

Don’t vote for the baby killer

The memorial at My Lai, Quảng Ngãi province, South Vietnam             In Shakespeare’s tragedy, Julius Caesar, Mark Anthony comes to
By Dane Hicks
11 min
10Nov 2025

Can “Mamdanishock” stop JOCO’s blue plague?

There should be nothing quite like watching the country's municipal crown jewel fall to the communists to put Republicans back
By Dane Hicks
4 min
05Nov 2025