Just as nuclear war, in all its sheer insanity, has returned to Hollywood and public attention, the leaders of the world’s two atomic superpowers seem to be doing their best to make the jitters worse.…

Several weeks ago, the Register did a story on my participation as Allen County’s delegate to the Kansas Silver Haired Legislature.  I am writing to update you on the KSHL’s legislative priorities for the 2026…

It’s a safe bet that most Americans won’t notice if the U.S. pulls an Army brigade out of Romania, but you can bet Vladimir Putin will. Behind a reshuffling of U.S. forces abroad is a…

The best way Allen County residents can ensure the future of Allen County Regional Hospital is by voting to renew the quarter-cent countywide sales tax in Tuesday’s election. The funds go toward maintaining both the…

The Docking Institute of Public Affairs at Fort Hays State University has released the report from their 2025 Kansas Speaks public opinion survey.  This survey, conducted each fall since 2009, covers questions from satisfaction with…

Early one morning last spring, my daughter, then 4½, asked me to tell her again how we’d once been connected by her belly button.  She had begun to imagine a tiny version of herself drinking…

In the early 2000s, the advice for parents was clear: Don’t feed babies and toddlers foods containing peanuts. It might increase the child’s risk of developing a severe allergy to the ground nut. By the…

What if the federal government shut down and few people noticed — or cared? Nearly one month since the lights went out in Washington, most Americans don’t seem all that aware, let alone upset. Perhaps…

There’s a name for attacks on civilian ships on the high seas: Piracy. That’s also an unfortunately plausible description of the Trump administration’s bombings of vessels around South America that it says are carrying drugs.…

The federal government has been shut down for 28 days and counting. That’s 28 days too long and already the second-longest federal shutdown ever.  Saturday will be another grim milestone. That is the day about…