Editorials

England’s tennis officials made the right call last week in banning players from Russia and Belarus from participating in the mid-summer tournament known as Wimbledon because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “In the circumstances of…

Hands down, the job market is the best it’s been in 45 years.  Unemployment in Kansas is a rock-bottom 2.5%; 3.6% for the country. If you’re looking for a job, employers are rolling out the…

The congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol now has enough evidence to answer a historically significant question: Should it refer former President Donald Trump to the Justice Department for criminal…

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was an intolerable horror from the start. It has escalated into a genocide with both targeted and indiscriminate killings of Ukrainian civilians in what amounts to a terror campaign to subdue…

A magician can pull a rabbit out of a hat or seemingly cut a comely lass in half by using distraction and manipulation.  Russia’s Vladimir Putin has honed such skills to perfection. To divert his…

On a scale of 1 to 10, how faithful would you say you are, in terms of religion?” If you were a Supreme Court nominee and this question were posed to you in public by…

Home to some of the largest industries in the world, Europe needs more energy than it can — or has been willing to — produce.  That predicament has made Europe especially dependent on Russia for…

Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian opposition politician who has been a strong critic of President Vladimir Putin and his disastrous war against Ukraine, arrived at his Moscow apartment building Monday evening, hours after saying in a…

There appears to be a healthy wave of bipartisan support within the Legislature to boost the pay of public school teachers, and Missourians should do everything in their power to encourage lawmakers along this path.…

By invading Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin precipitated two wars. The first is a bloody military conflict in his neighboring country. The second is a wider struggle for hearts and minds across Europe. That political…