opinion

There have been few big plans to fill the state’s immediate $400 million budget shortfall. But one idea, first mentioned in 2010 and quietly revived recently,...

"SOMETIMES I WONDER WETHER THE WORLD IS BEING RUN BY SMART PEOPLE WHO ARE PUTTING US ON,OR BY IMBECILES THAT REALLYMEAN IT." Mark Twain Oh yes...

In Kansas, a great flywheel has been set in motion, dragging the citizenry inexorably along the governor’s Glide Path to Zero, that no income...

Well, our trip to the big city last weekend wuz rather pleasant as far as trips to cities go. We didn’t get run over. We...

Our elections are tailored today for the zealous voter and the fringe campaign.   Consider: Of citizens over age 18 (and eligible to vote), fewer than...

What a relief to go into the sophomore year in high school. We were no longer the newbie's and the bottom of the barrel...

"WHAT WE CALL PROGRESS            IS THE EXCHANGE OF ONE                      NUISANCE FOR ANOTHER              NUISANCE"                                             Havelock Ellis      When stopping for our Sunday edition of the Eagle...

Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor, brother of one president and son of another, is a moderate Republican turning red. He will deepen his...

We’re surprised that a conservative like Tom Coburn would thump the tub for a constitutional convention, because it’s such a waste of money. It’s...

Recent election flops in Salina and Saline County are reason to wonder why we continue to fiddle with electronic voting. In November, a so-called “malfunction” left...