For over a century, Johnson County residents voted for Republican presidential candidates. Even during periods of Democrat strength, including Franklin Roosevelt’s landslide victory in 1932 and Lyndon Johnson’s overwhelming triumph in 1964, the county stayed true to its Republican ...

Citius, Altius, Fortius. The original Olympic motto — translated: Faster, Higher, Stronger. — was never in more splendid display as the past few weeks in Paris. If the Olympic spirit was a religion, the athletes were its evangelists. Time after time, we were moved by sheer will or ...

In 2021, in the aftermath of unfounded accusations of election fraud, the Kansas Legislature passed a series of laws making it harder for citizens to vote. One bill, HB 2183, included a false representation provision, which made it a felony for an individual to “represent oneself as an ...

“Are you better off than you were four years ago?” — Ronald Reagan It is no secret that President Biden is unpopular. In the 2023 Kansas Speaks poll, a whopping 62.8% of respondents were dissatisfied with Biden’s performance, versus 32.9% who were dissatisfied with fellow Democrat ...

Before my family and I moved to Kansas, 18 years ago next month, I didn’t consider summer my favorite season. As a perpetual student and then a college professor, summer vacations were obviously a nice break, and of course summer activities were fun. But compared with flowers in the spring, ...

Last month during the state Legislature’s special budget session, one contentious issue in the budget bill was doubling the state’s child care tax credit. Rep. Mark Steffen, R-Hutchinson, made comments saying the tax credit served as an “incentive” for mothers to enter the workforce ...