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Unanimous Supreme Court decision evidence lawfare is real
Maine, Illinois and Colorado might want to send their legal “experts” back to law school, or their voters might want...
04Mar 2024

No global government, no matter the risk
I’ve noticed when the subject of Bill Gates comes up, conservative folks like to go straight to claims of his...
28Feb 2024

Yes, Kansans are more industrious, patriotic and morally superior to coastal elites
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman is at it again. In his Feb. 26 column “The Mystery of White Rural...
26Feb 2024

Is your school board following Kansas law on building assessments?
Kansas school board members are getting budget advice from the Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB) that is contrary to state law,...
25Feb 2024

More daycare is not a deathbed aspiration
Does politics have room for a contrarian view on daycare? And I say politics, in general, because both Republicans and...
24Feb 2024

Some 128,000 Kansas voters MIA for a decade
A review of Kansas voter registrations shows nearly 50,000 potential Kansas voters who registered in 2012 or before have never...
24Feb 2024

American journalism: The spotlight illuminating…nothing
Toward the end of The Sound of Music, the von Trapp family singers are called on stage to accept first prize...
23Feb 2024

No more Kansas school trips to New York’s hellhole
Until some miracle happens and a modicum of sensibility and safety returns to the government and management of New York...
22Feb 2024

Courts are supposed to be the guardians against biased claims
One of the key components of the American system is that we are all equal under the law. One of...
19Feb 2024

Sadly, this IS Kansas City
KCTV5 photo If not for the raw gravity of what had just happened a few hours before, one would have...
15Feb 2024