Dear editor, During this trying time for most Americans, our city leaders are still up to their money-grabbing ways. When they just put into effect extra charges for using debit or credit cards to pay…

When the Kansas Legislature comes back to Topeka, they’ll undoubtedly take up the topic of aid to citizens impacted by our current circumstances. Expanding Medicaid is a critical need they must address, and every Republican…

There’s no question the United States missed the opportunity to get ahead of the novel coronavirus. But the window for making important decisions hasn’t closed. The choices we and our leaders make now will have…

On Monday night, I spent an hour staring at my laptop screen. My goal was to find a column idea that was not related to the coronavirus update. I eventually just shut my laptop and…

More than 550 parishioners packed Sunday service at the Life Tabernacle Church in the Louisiana town of Central. Megachurches in Ohio and Florida also reported their halls teeming with congregants. In Virginia, Liberty University last…

As the new coronavirus spreads, it has exposed a variety of societal vulnerabilities. For example, giant cities have seen how their long-touted lifestyle — packing more and more people into less and less space —…

Dear readers, One way or another this COVID-19 pandemic is affecting all of us.  But the social distancing measures shouldn’t mean we seal ourselves off completely from one another. That’s not healthy. Sharing your stories…

Americans have had it easy for so long that our current troubles seem especially awful. Put another way: Most of us didn’t appreciate how good things were, or how much worse they could be. That’s…

When I come home from a day at the clinic and hospital, there is no better feeling than my children running up to give me a big hug. For the past couple of weeks, I…

The new coronavirus has challenged our nation on many fronts, from hospital preparedness to relearning the basics of personal hygiene. But one of the perhaps unexpected challenges has been the burden that it places upon…