Once in power, party members often develop an affliction called Myopic Fog. The condition presents as a compulsion to rewrite institutional rules. Common symptoms include electoral law manipulation, fixation on short-term advantage, and habitual overreach... See more
While strolling through Denver Botanic Gardens this spring, I noticed a memorial bench with a curious bronze plaque inscription: “Marilyn Hickle Shaw — “All mushrooms are edible … some only once.” Did Marilyn actually die of ingesting poisonous fungi, onl... See more
A pair of retired Kansas Supreme Court justices made a compelling case Thursday against politicizing the state’s highest court — and why voters should reject the Aug. 4 constitutional amendment. Two statements Thursday evening convinced me I should vote “... See more
My son Rakan was 5 years old when I first said the word “cancer” to a doctor. They looked at me the way doctors sometimes look at mothers, as if I were afraid of my shadow. It was allergies, they said. Gas. The ordinary explanations for an ordinary child.... See more
To the Editor, The news this week on the national debt and inflation was not good. Our country’s debt has climbed to $31.27 trillion — an increase of $1.35 trillion over the last six months; $2.3 trillion since Donald Trump took office. The annual interes... See more
