In recent years, Republican members of the House of Representatives have had a crime rate that seems comparable to that of the most perilous of American neighborhoods, at least going by the growing list of…

Roger Marshall ought to apologize.  Countless Americans filled the streets of cities large and small on Saturday for “No Kings” protests against Donald Trump’s increasingly imperious presidency.  There is a long history of anti-government demonstrations…

There are signs that sanity might be returning to Oklahoma schools after the disastrous tenure of now-former state school Superintendent Ryan Walters. In one of his first actions as Walters’ successor, new Superintendent Lindel Fields…

Opposing Donald Trump is a perilous business, but working for him can be equally as dangerous. That’s one lesson from Thursday’s indictment of Mr. Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton for mishandling classified documents.…

President Trump, close our national parks. You heard me right. Ever since the government shutdown began Oct. 1, the parks are being trampled, trashed and turned into macabre theme parks. My husband and I recently…

America is in week three of a government shutdown, and the ability of hundreds of thousands of Kansas families to afford health care is on the line. Debate about whether to fund enhanced health care…

City administrators frequently find themselves coming across as curmudgeonly. Mention building an indoor pool or planting trees along downtown sidewalks, and their blood pressures start to climb. Where some see improved health and safety outcomes,…

Anyone who has visited Nevada knows the Silver State has an abundance of another natural resource: sunlight. Naturally, lawmakers there have been determined to make the most of it. The desert state generates about a…

As a young recruit, the first thing I learned when I pinned on a badge was simple but profound: Power must always be visible and accountable. A nameplate, a badge number, an agency insignia —…

Last month, in a special election, voters in southern Arizona chose Adelita Grijalva to succeed her late father in Congress. The outcome in the solidly Democratic district was never in doubt. The final tally wasn’t…