Recently as I drove my Silent Generation father-in-law on an out-of-town trip along I-70, he made a peculiar observation. “I never noticed this before but there’s plastic bags everywhere. My gosh. It looks terrible!” Peculiar because he’s typically not a passenger-seat guy. Peculiar ...

The presidential primaries are unfolding quietly. Having clinched their party nominations early, President Joe Biden and Donald Trump have shifted focus toward the general election. Yet all is not well. From the start, a stubborn and sizeable percentage of Democratic and Republican ...

For the second time in seven years, Kansas has experienced a near-total eclipse. Both times, I headed outside to view it through my eye-protecting eclipse glasses, here at Emporia State. Each time was a fun opportunity to join with others on our campus and watch a rare, natural phenomenon. ...

The state’s attorney general, Kris Kobach, has filed a lawsuit against the federal government to block student loan forgiveness, leading a multistate coalition against the policy. The lawsuit comes on the heels of the 2023 case led by Missouri in which the Supreme Court struck down the ...

The debate over implementing a flat income tax in Kansas appears to have reached its conclusion, at least in this legislative session. Earlier this year, Kansas Republicans proposed a single income tax rate of 5.25% for all Kansans earning more than $6,160 as an individual or $12,300 as a ...

When my wife and I went to vote on Tuesday, the polling station was nearly empty. One of the election workers told me it was the least busy election she’d ever seen, and as a political junkie, that did make me a little sad. Not sad enough to wish things had been entirely different, ...