Sometimes life lets us set the record straight. It happens in big and small ways and reminds us to stay true to who we are, to believe in our talents, pursue our interests and develop our skill sets. The world is filled with people who will tell you “no,” and it feels like we are hearing ...

In 1983, a young, well-coiffed David Copperfield conjured up a magic trick so bombastic and implausible in an analog world that 50 million viewers stayed home on a Friday night to watch the Statue of Liberty disappear before a live TV audience. Why could something so clearly unreal captivate ...

Kansas was born arguing. Before it became a state, before there was a Capitol dome in Topeka, the Kansas Territory was consumed by a defining question: whether it would enter the Union free or slave. That struggle played out through elections, conventions, newspapers, and public meetings, ...

Is artificial intelligence going to replace us? I posed this question to a recent panel discussion, co-sponsored by Emporia’s Current Club and the Emporia State University School of Humanities and Social Sciences, called “A Poet, a Pastor, a Philosopher, and a Programmer.” Kevin Rabas ...

This Easter week, I’ve been thinking about the 70% of Kansans who identify as Christians (one of whom is me), and how their — that is, our — influence on this state has changed. When most people think about the impact of Christian voters, they imagine a whole range of specific political ...

If you were traveling through Kansas over spring break and wanted to show the kids something they’ll likely never see again, you might swing by Cawker City’s World’s Largest Ball of Twine or to Lucas for the Garden of Eden. Or maybe those giant sandstone spheres near Minneapolis (a ...