Those who oppose greater U.S. involvement in Syria were no doubt relieved at the announcement that Moscow and Washington want to convene an international conference to end the country’s civil war.
Republicans in Congress are so hungry for scalps, they just can’t leave well enough alone.
On Jan. 1 of this year, the state of Kansas rolled out KanCare, our Medicaid reform program. The state has contracted with three managed-care organizations to administer KanCare.
It does not seem all that terribly important to defend the ability of students to make jokes on Twitter. But devaluing the First Amendment in schools has real educational and civic costs, both for the individual student who is wrongfully over-punished and for students who will be frightened into silence knowing they might be next.
Have the state leaders pushing to include long-term care services for intellectually and developmentally disabled Kansans in KanCare ever had a doctor tell them that their child has a lifelong disability that has no known cure?
Now that the government has confirmed that African-Americans in 2012 voted at a higher rate than whites for the first time – and were the only group to boost its turnout – groups such as the NAACP are claiming credit.
When it comes to deficit reduction, President Obama may have correctly taken the measure of Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles and U.S. corporate leaders; that’s a reason why any deficit deal is more remote than ever.
After what appears to be a cover-up in the Benghazi attack, the Washington Post obtained documents from an audit conducted by the Internal Revenue Service’s inspector general that indicate the agency targeted for special scrutiny conservative groups with “tea party” and “patriot” in their names, as well as “nonprofit groups that criticized the government and sought to educate Americans about the U.S. Constitution.”
Mistakes were made.
Remember the scandal of “the 16 words”? If you do, you’ve probably been inside the Beltway too long, literally or figuratively.
Outrage. That’s what we should feel over the Syrian government’s slaughter of more than 70,000 of its own people and its reported use of chemical weapons. And outrage is what we should feel over the international community’s total impotence.
It should’ve been the shot heard around the world. Chances are, you didn’t hear it.
Mother’s Day stirs mixed emotions in people. My family has always treated me to a nice, low-key Mother’s Day – a homemade card, some extra help around the house, a special meal at home.
As the largest air tanker base in the world, McConnell Air Force Base is a dominant stakeholder in the Wichita area. In addition to being an important economic engine, with an annual local economic impact of $619 million, the base has been the recipient of numerous awards since it began operating in 1941.
The Legislature recently passed a law denying the federal government the right to enforce federal gun laws in Kansas. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says the law is unconstitutional, and the Legislature, Gov. Sam Brownback, and Secretary of State Kris Kobach say it is constitutional. The Kansas attorney general has indicated that he needs $225,000 from state general funds to pay the lawyers and staff that will be needed to defend the law.
Made in Cambodia. Made in Turkey. Made in India.
You remember the trips, the memories made with family, the funny stories that are created while exploring. But unless you are in the travel and tourism industry, you may be hard-pressed to know the true impact these memory-making weekends have on Wichita.
It must be clear to anyone observing the shenanigans in Topeka that Kansas is hell-bent on becoming “Bleeding Kansas” again. Except this time it is self-inflicted.
Aiden (not his real name) is an adult with Down syndrome and some attention deficit. He lives in a group home run by one nonprofit agency in Wichita and participates in a day program run by another.
We’ve heard the argument that any interference with the over-the-counter sale of Plan B to any female of any age is blocking a woman’s right to self-determination. But 15-year-olds, where the Obama administration wants to set the limit, are girls, not women. And female parts do not a woman make any more than a correspondingly developed male makes the proud possessor a man.
Authorities say that the two brothers who allegedly bombed the Boston Marathon were probably “self-radicalized.”
“Mainstream media” are alarmed by reports that billionaires Charles and David Koch are considering the purchase of Tribune Company’s eight daily newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times.
Since winning the House in 2010, Republicans have gained a well-deserved reputation for negativity, repeatedly opposing President Obama’s proposals and nearly plunging the United States into default.
Gov. Sam Brownback signed historic tax reform legislation last May that would reduce state income taxes by about $800 million in its first full year. As the Legislature returns Wednesday, the debate is about how much of last year’s tax reform will be wiped out.
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