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Kansas Congressman: The 100 day start to restoring America

This past November, Kansas rejected the nonsense of the Biden-Harris Administration and demanded that Washington, D.C. restore common sense, secure...
By Tracey Mann – U.S. Congressman, Kansas 1st District
4 min
07May 2025

The Orwellian parallels of the Biden-Trump era in America

In the late-1960s I enrolled in a collegiate Comparative Literature class that contrasted George Orwell’s '1984' to the anti-Vietnam rioting...
By Ron Smith – Special to The Informer
10 min
27Apr 2025

Losing the trade war isn’t new — we’ve been losing for 50 years

Agriculture is the lifeblood of Southwest Kansas and the Oklahoma panhandle. One way or another, we all pay our bills...
By Earl Watt
4 min
14Apr 2025

Devil exposed as bad speller, but gets his due in Kansas Statehouse bru-ha

The devil apparently won’t be in the running to win next year’s Kansas State Spelling Bee, but with the scuffle...
By Dane Hicks – The Kansas Informer
4 min
29Mar 2025

The intrepid Congressional fights against CEO presidents

The “out party” and their media lapdogs are back at it—howling, flailing, shrieking, and twisting the gears of what author...
By Ron Smith – Special to The Informer
8 min
22Mar 2025

Realignment taking place in America, but outcome is unknown

From the election of 1800 until 1824, one party controlled the presidency. History shows us that the Federalist Party was...
By Earl Watt
5 min
19Mar 2025

The swamp can scream, but DOGE is on a lawful path to success

Despite a smattering of preliminary injunctions and administrative stay orders from rogue federal judges, President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency is...
By Hans von Spakovsky/Seth Lucas – The Daily Signal
8 min
17Mar 2025

A year later Kansas rolls are cleaner, but questions remain about 113,000 inactive BUT legal voters

Kansas voter rolls overall are in better shape than a year ago, with a recent audit showing 27,000 fewer "inactive"...
By Earl Glynn – Watchdog Lab
8 min
15Mar 2025

KCC’s “KidWind Challenge” working to make Green Moonies out of your kids

The telegraph station we built out of paper milk cartons, wire-wrapped nails and flashlight batteries in my 6th grade science...
By Dane Hicks – The Kansas Informer
5 min
13Mar 2025

Trump should rein in the IRS

President Donald Trump is holding true to his promise to drain the swamp, and he’s doing it at lightning-fast speed....
By Kansas Representative Nick Hoheisel – Special To The Infomrer
3 min
12Mar 2025