After six decades of pearly wisdom and investment gems, the news from Omaha hit like a thunderbolt. As a fellow shareholder emailed me after Warren Buffett announced on Saturday that he would retire at the…

The first half of the 20th century marked the beginning of a rich tradition of Kansas politicians.    Three figures stand out.   First, Charles Curtis. Born in Topeka, Curtis made history as the first Native…

As a small-government conservative who supports a leaner and more efficient federal bureaucracy, I have cheered President Donald Trump’s efforts to identify and eliminate fraud and waste in Washington. We’ve been spending ourselves into oblivion…

Since 1935, the Social Security Administration has provided the American people financial protection for millions of citizens, created on the promise that the most vulnerable people in our society should be able to maintain a…

Elon Musk may be stepping back from running the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, but his legacy there is already secured. DOGE is assembling a sprawling domestic surveillance system for the Trump administration — the…

“An advanced civilization must not limit its efforts to science and technology alone.” Let’s hear it for humanities! In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the National Foundation on the Arts and the…

Sam Brownback wanted to be president once. That didn’t work out so well.  So he became the governor of Kansas instead. And let’s be honest here: That didn’t really work out great either.  He cut…

The White House appears to have scant patience with peace talks that don’t produce quick results and an instant photo op. As President Donald Trump threatens to “walk away” from his efforts to force Ukraine…

When residents of Wichita’s 29th and Grove neighborhood were told their groundwater was contaminated by carcinogens, it wasn’t just an environmental disaster — it was a breach of trust. It shook the foundation that communities…

Let me tell you the story of the sex raft. Back in 1973, anthropologist Santiago Genovés conducted an astonishing social experiment. He picked a crew of men and women to pilot a custom-built raft through…