August 8, 2022, 6:01am Columns
Chinese President Xi Jinping recently warned the United States not to “play with fire” over Taiwan. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi decided to play with fire by showing up, chatting with Taiwanese leaders, offering citizens a moment of hope and giving Xi an excuse for violence. Read story
August 8, 2022, 6:01am Columns
Private citizen Joe Biden and the Democratic Party were absolutely right way back when in demanding an investigation of what we’d just learned: Russia had interfered big-time in America’s 2016 elections — running video ads and doing lots more that helped Donald Trump win the presidency. Read story
August 8, 2022, 6:01am Columns
‘Dare we hope?” Read story
August 8, 2022, 6:01am Columns
On the same day that Kansas voted against allowing the Legislature to ban abortion, the Justice Department announced that it was bringing suit against Idaho, which has the near absolute bar that Kansas rejected. Read story
August 8, 2022, 6:01am Columns
Nineteen months ago, Donald Trump’s fixation on unproven allegations of election fraud played a major role in the Republicans’ loss of two U.S. Senate seats in Georgia and, with them, the Senate majority. Read story
August 7, 2022, 6:01am Columns
With so much attention fixed on soaring prices for gasoline and groceries, one can almost overlook the fact that we’re also enduring an affordable housing crisis. The question is, why? Read story
August 7, 2022, 6:01am Columns
In record numbers, Kansas voters went to the polls Tuesday and definitively told conservative state legislators to back off from trying to take away abortion rights. Voters across Democratic and Republican swaths of Kansas resoundingly defeated a ballot measure that would have amended the state constitution to remove the right… Read story
August 7, 2022, 6:01am Columns
The most consequential primary election in years is in the books. All the candidates deserve respect for stepping forward. The results brought stunners, no-brainers, giant thumbs-up, and one example of “what were the voters thinking?” Read story
August 7, 2022, 6:01am Columns
Even after 14 years, the wisdom remains fresh. Pearls such as “There are no ‘other people’s children’ in the United States of America.” Read story
August 7, 2022, 6:01am Columns
So much for that rumored big red conservative wave. Read story
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