Whether their candidates won or lost, Americans should commend election officials and volunteers for their outstanding work this year. Instead, many are calling them criminals. Day and night, critics on radio, TV and social media…

Friday was my granddaughter Olive’s last day to attend school in person until January because of COVID-19. A fourth-grader in Topeka, Olive is a good student. Even so, asking her to continue her studies at…

 Election results showed us what we’ve always known —  Kansas is a Republican state.   The much anticipated Democratic Party sweep didn’t materialize despite large scale voter turn-out. Except, that is, in the two contested…

I got the call on a Tuesday that my COVID-19 test came back positive, and my mind raced to two places: my kids and my heart. My kids because I feared they, too, were infected.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — As I chug up Capitol Hill near the end of my morning run, I pass the same bustle I’ve seen every four years at this time since we first moved to Washington…

Go away and hide, President Trump, because you botched the handling of COVID-19 except for one teensy thing, starting Operation Warp Speed to develop vaccines faster than history allows. Well, yes, the Pfizer Inc. pharmaceutical…

The big political issues in Kansas and across the country this year were the economy and the coronavirus. The two are intricately linked. And neither is easily controlled. While both are serious issues, it has…

My daughter-in-law, Casiee Wolfe, served as a poll worker in Branson, Mo., on Election Day.  Leading up to the day, Casiee said she became increasingly anxious, worried about people politicking nearby, possibly intimidating would-be voters.…

Covid is surging across Kansas. Over 1,200 Kansans have died. Hospitals are strained. Some Americans are experiencing second infections, threatening the herd immunity dream. Many of us are just surviving. Knowing Covid is serious. Often…

Today, what we really want is to be looking hopefully ahead in this most troubling time in America’s modern history. But to do that, we must first hit rewind. We need to scroll back and…