Flagpoles are becoming the latest battlefield in the culture wars. Activists are fighting to get their banners onto public flagstaffs while keeping off those representing other groups or beliefs. The conflict is particularly heated this…

The Star’s editorial board has never pushed for downtown baseball — not, that is, if the tab for a new Royals stadium had to be picked up by taxpayers, many of whom, given today’s MLB…

Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to federal charges on Tuesday, with the typical array of supporters and opponents. It’s depressing to think this could continue for another two years as the indictment and trial dominate…

“I grew up as a free-meal student. I know what it’s like,” said Stacey Fager, USD 257 superintendent of schools, at Monday night’s school board meeting. “Providing free meals for all of our students is…

No one shows off a new gadget quite like Apple. But the device that Tim Cook unveiled on June 5 was billed as something more significant. The Vision Pro, a pair of sleek glass goggles,…

Because the Supreme Court took a right turn during the Trump years — and particularly after it overturned Roe v. Wade last year — conservative activists have hoped that the court would repudiate many old…

It’s official: The Saudis own golf. Tuesday’s bombshell announcement that the PGA Tour will merge with LIV Golf, Saudi Arabia’s multi-billion-dollar image-restoration project, is nothing less than the surrender of a storied American sports tradition…

Smoke obscured Washington’s skies again on Wednesday, wafting in from wildfires raging across Canada. Further risks emerged uncomfortably close to D.C., after the National Weather Service on Tuesday declared a critical fire weather outlook for…

 The flat tax is dead. Long live the flat tax.  That’s the attitude of Kansas Republicans these days.  Having failed in their attempt to upend the state’s tax system in favor of high earners —…

Imagine a man trying to suavely smoke in front of a woman — with the words “cigarettes cause impotence” stamped along the length of the actual cigarette. Other health effects of smoking are more dire,…