The sweeping ICE operation in Georgia Thursday that rounded up some 475 illegal workers at a showcase development project is intended as a warning to employers nationwide.  It also illustrates the America First contradiction of…

If proponents of posting the Ten Commandments in public schools are to be believed, the moral development of Texas children in 11 school districts  lags those of other Texas schoolchildren as of Monday.   We…

You don’t need a degree in international affairs to understand the message Xi Jinping sent Wednesday as he paraded tanks, hypersonic missiles and other weapons through Beijing, putatively to honor the end of World War…

Two years ago, Chanute commissioners likely were the toast of the town when they decided to eliminate the vast majority of the city’s property taxes.  “It’s a big night” in the city’s history, City Manager…

You may think the place where national leaders gather to talk about the future of the world is Washington, DC, or perhaps the UN Headquarters in New York. In fact, as President Xi Jinping plays…

President Trump’s attempt to fire the Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook is a grab for power in defiance of the nation’s laws, and if it succeeds, it will be to the detriment of the nation’s…

Not long ago it would have been hard to imagine a Republican President demanding government ownership in a private company, but here we are. And now the Trump Administration is toying with a tax on…

The Neosho County commission’s recent decision to deny the Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center a letter of support sets a troubling precedent. Last week, commissioners justified their concern over executive salaries as a way to…

In June, the U.S. Forest Service published its 2,650-page final environmental impact statement for the Resolution Copper Project and Land Exchange, which involves transferring a 2,422-acre portion of Arizona’s Tonto National Forest, known as Oak…

President Trump conducts foreign policy on personal instinct and tactical impulse, and his abrupt Friday turn on Russia and Ukraine is a classic illustration. Whether it’s the start of a road to peace, or to…