In 2021, Kansas Tourism launched the Sunflower Summer program, opening the doors to our state’s zoos, museums, nature centers, and historical sites to Kansas families — for free! Designed to help young Kansans explore and…
As evidenced by the last several years, intense rainfalls are becoming the norm in our neck of the woods. Tuesday’s rains dumped almost 3 inches in two hours in parts of town. Such an intense…
Another inconclusive round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine on Monday was largely overshadowed by recent events on the ground: Russia’s pulverizing missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian cities and a military training ground,…
Several years ago, a colleague teaching at Miami University, a large state school in Ohio, kindly invited me to give a talk there. After picking me up at the airport, he suggested that we have…
“I’m very much concerned, as I know you are, about what’s being delivered to our children in this country,” said Fred Rogers to the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Communications in May 1969. “We don’t have…
The $4 billion Panasonic battery factory in De Soto should have been a first-of-a-kind project for Kansas and the Midwest. In addition to the estimated 4,000 new jobs coming to town, Panasonic and the state…
Striking a blow for deadly disease and against public health, our dangerous Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., flanked by doctors including National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya — handpicked for…
Universities that toe the Trump administration’s line need not worry of losing federal funding for academic research, said Education Secretary Linda McMahon Wednesday evening. “Universities should continue to be able to do research as long…
In a ruling heard ’round the world, the U.S. Court of International Trade on Wednesday blocked President Trump’s sweeping tariffs. This is an important moment for the rule of law as much as for the…
Nayib Bukele’s autocratic tendencies were already clear when he ran for a second term as El Salvador’s president in 2024. He had extended a “temporary” state of emergency for two years, and used it to…