Jimmy Stewart engages an iconic filibuster in “Mr. Smith Goes To Washington“ Americans love political simplicity. It is a yearning that, paradoxically, serves as both […]
Opinion
Retribution or accountability?
One of the first actions President Donald Trump took when he returned to the White House was to suspend security clearance for former national security […]
Kansas Reflector pouts over being banned from the statehouse floor – from the statehouse floor
Monty Python satirizes the obsession with “repression” in the classic 1975 comedy “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” Straining for legitimacy isn’t easy when your […]
Monday’s New Era can’t come a moment too soon
Time, age and magnitude dictate that most of us can only remember a handful of true watershed moments for our country, like the one that […]
Tell the untold story of J6
Detroit News Photo A friend of a friend sat across the table from Leslie Gray and said she and all those like her should’ve been […]
Lame duck periods need to be reduced to protect citizens
Joe Biden will not go gently into that good night. The lame duck president seems to be doing as much damage as he can before […]
New year, new beginnings if we are willing to own them
As we enter a new year with all the hope and promise it brings, we may visit some goals we want to accomplish in 2025. […]
No, Virginia, it is not the role of the media to ‘save’ democracy
In 1897, the “New York” Sun ran a column explaining to 8-year-old Virginia that there indeed was a Santa Claus. The famous column indicated that […]
The greatest scandal in modern presidential history, and the media covered for it
The reason Donald Trump is president-elect is not just because he is a unique, out-of-the-box historical figure — although that is true. The biggest reason […]
Dismal state assessment performance prompts Kansas Education Commissioner to propose changing the test
Listening to Kansas Education Commissioner Randy Watson try to sell state school board members recently on eliminating the state assessment test made me think of […]