The U.S. Supreme Court likely had no idea of the furor it would unleash when it overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. You could see the justices take a tentative step backward Wednesday when…

Last semester, I asked my sustainable city planning class to close their eyes and visualize the typologies of five cradle-to-grave residences: birth residence, high school residence, current residence, parent’s residence, and oldest family member’s residence.…

It may not feel like it, but we’re likely experiencing the largest construction booms in history. According to one estimate, the world will build the equivalent of a New York City every month from 2020…

Kristian Van Meteren already has a firm hold on one political party in Kansas. It’s hard to figure out why he needs another. Van Meteren is the owner of Singularis group, the go-to resource for…

In the real world, few choices are limited to either this or that.  Yet, in the political world that affects so much of our world, voters are given only two choices in candidates: Republican or…

The American flag — as it was intended to fly — is no longer the favored symbol of so-called patriots on the far right. Old Glory is being flipped upside down across the land, most…

Growing up, I regarded a few of my parents’ friends as a cast of characters; some of whom had a larger than usual influence on my life.  Marlene Lenski was irreverent and intimidating; and thus…

On May 31, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled on a case challenging the state’s 2021 election laws that made it more difficult for Kansas citizens to vote.  In its majority decision, the Court states that…

The 20-year-old college student and gamer I met in Cedar City, Utah, didn’t seem particularly amused by his own joke that he was a cultural cliché. He lived in his grandma’s basement, and barely left…

In a village in the hills of Guerrero State, residents ran from their homes as drones flew overhead, dropping makeshift bombs. For months, drug cartel operatives had been deploying the commercial devices to drop explosives…