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Why everyone else is wrong about Jan. 6

Colorado’s Supreme Court has made a ruling to remove Donald Trump from the Republican Primary. The fact that every member...
By Earl Watt
5 min
21Dec 2023

Op-Ed: Medicaid expansion would hurt vulnerable Kansas patients

Big Government intervention rarely improves patient access to medical treatment, especially in rural Kansas. But Governor Laura Kelly seems to think otherwise.    Kelly is doubling...
By Elizabeth Patton, Americans for Prosperity Kansas State Director
4 min
14Dec 2023

Topeka Capital Journal opens Kobach’s emails, finds Al Capone’s vault

At the Topeka Capital-Journal, it's almost like 1986 again.  But this time instead of Al Capone's vault, some intrepid Geraldo...
By Dane Hicks – The Kansas Informer
4 min
11Dec 2023

Lack of education leads to lack of sympathy

We all want to claim the high road when we discuss issues of race. Very few consider themselves to be...
By Earl Watt
5 min
11Dec 2023

When freedom haters say democracy is at stake, they’re lying

When policies are so bad they can’t be defended, candidates will still seek to hold on to power. Without a...
By Earl Watt
5 min
08Dec 2023

Have we learned any lessons from Oct. 7?

Early in the morning on Oct. 7, a well-planned attack was carried out by breaching what was considered one of...
By Earl Watt
5 min
06Dec 2023

Lady Ballers will make you laugh your parts off

With the Daily Wire’s release of “Lady Ballers,” someone’s finally made a comedy providing apt mockery of those who think...
By Dane Hicks – The Kansas Informer
5 min
06Dec 2023

Scared for your country? What you can and MUST do

With crackdowns on speech and religious exercise, and brazen indictments against a past president and likely presidential nominee — by...
By Michael Ryan – The Heartlander
7 min
05Dec 2023

What will Kansas do with its extra $3 billion?

While you struggle to make ends meet in Kansas, the state government has felt no ill effects of the inflation,...
By Earl Watt
5 min
04Dec 2023

Recent claim to ‘eliminate’ Trump proof of politics gone too far

If ever there was doubt that politics has become so toxic that anything can be said or done to the...
By Earl Watt
4 min
01Dec 2023