More than 20 years ago, when I was a 17-year-old aspiring ballerina in New York City, I met Jeffrey Epstein. My mother was seriously ill, and I was young and scared. Epstein recognized that vulnerability…

For a long time the premise of climate news was that humans are causing the planet to warm, and without emergency action, environmental disaster would result. That’s changing. Increasingly the premise is that humans failed…

Immigration policy can’t rely on force alone. That was one perhaps obvious but profound insight George W. Bush helped me learn in the 1990s.  He was the governor of Texas and had asked me, then…

Services for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham will take place this month in Washington, D.C., and his home state of South Carolina. In the meantime, Congress could honor his legacy by passing the bipartisan Russian…

Last week during a Huntington City Council meeting, as council members voted 6-4 to sign a contract to add surveillance devices all over the city, the live feed began to shake. A member asked, “Is…

President Donald Trump recently justified renewed military action against Iran by saying Tehran “did not obey what they’re supposed to obey” under a memorandum of understanding intended to halt the fighting.  Whether one believes Iran…

America has much to be proud of in the 250th year since its founding, but the condition of its national parks shouldn’t be on the list. The national park system faces a maintenance backlog of…

“The most unsafe place for an immigrant in the United States is inside of an evangelical church.” A woman said that to me, and as a pastor, it was a major wake up call.  Because…

Can we agree it’s important to have qualified justices sitting on the Kansas Supreme Court? By “qualified,” I mean justices who have experience practicing law, justices who cannot be financially compromised, justices who have earned…

Kenny Rogers famously sang, “You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em, know when to walk away, and know when to run.”   This summer, two candidates for Kansas Governor…