Opinion
Op-Ed: Gov. Parson’s tax cut will be for every MissourianThis week, legislators are back in Jefferson City for a special session to discuss and pass Gov. Mike Parson’s historic income tax cut proposal. Under the governor’s plan, the tax… Read More
Opinion
COLUMN: Why Kansas City Celebrates Its Least Diverse CompanyIn Kansas City, Sept. 9 was designated “Happy Red Friday Day.” I was first made aware of the event when I drove by what is now called the Spirit of… Read More
Opinion
Op-Ed: Workers increasingly favor Right to Work statesUnion bosses and their apologists often grossly understate, or forget about altogether, regional cost-of-living differences when they are debating living standards in Right to Work states versus in forced-unionism states. Read More
Opinion
Op-Ed: Book exposes how the Kansas education bureaucracy works against students(The Sentinel) – One in three students in Kansas is below grade level in reading and math, but instead of addressing the problem, the bureaucracy tries to deny the truth… Read More
Culture, Opinion
Biden administration and special interest groups played politics instead of getting kids back to school(reimaginED) – On Sept. 1, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona claimed that the Biden administration had a plan to “focus on safely getting back to in-person learning” last year. On… Read More
Opinion, State Government
Op-Ed: College Savings Month: Make a Plan to Pay for Higher EducationAccording to a Georgetown University study, the cost of higher education has increased 169% over the last 40 years. And according to Sallie Mae’s annual How America Pays… Read More
Culture, Opinion
Mask mandates expose the mulishness of public education bureaucrats while others buck policyAccording to Burbio’s Mask Policy Tracker, only seven of the 500 largest school districts in the United States (1.4%) had a mask mandate in effect for students beginning the… Read More
Opinion
COLUMN: Danforth smears Trump, Schmitt with Biden’s discredited ‘Charlottesville hoax’ retreadFormer Missouri Sen. John Danforth has lost his way. Upset by the withdrawal from the Missouri Senate race of his handpicked spoiler candidate, John Wood, Danforth published an angry… Read More
Opinion
Senator Marshall Fights for Consumers, Businesses with New Senate BillDiesel prices across the country are reaching record highs, hitting truckers hard amid inflationary concerns. Kansas, ranked among the top five best states for truckers to live based on cost… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Former Kansas state senator isn’t telling the truth about school funding(The Sentinel) – Sir Winston Churchill once said, “A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” That has certainly been… Read More
Opinion
Valentine’s support for radical environmental groups disqualifies her for U.S. Senate for Rural MissouriNext year, our elected officials in Washington, D.C. will be voting on consequential legislation that directly impacts rural Missouri. In 2023, Congress will be working on authorizing the… Read More
Culture, Opinion
Parents and schools are fighting for control of the nation’s children. Who gets custody of the kids?Relations between parents and schools look increasingly like a divorcing couple preparing for a custody battle. In the best of times, parents and schools have viewed each other as teammates… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Civics and CRT: Should the law have a say in curricula?Public education has long drifted from reading, writing and arithmetic, with some experts warning the entire profession is lurching from fad to fad rather than sticking with the basics. Current strife… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Transgenderism and professional development: A lesson in disguising LGBTQ advocacy in schoolsTeaching on many controversial subjects, such as gender identity and transgenderism, is prohibited by law in many K-12 classrooms. But these subjects nonetheless find their way into schools as part… Read More
Opinion
COLUMN: These doctors want to serve your children ‘gender affirming’ care, and sex change operations are on the menuThere are forces actively aligning against our children, and they are multiplying. As parents, if we don’t do something about it now, it could be too late. According to the Association… Read More
Culture, Opinion
These doctors want to serve your children ‘gender affirming’ care, and sex change operations are on the menuThere are forces actively aligning against our children, and they are multiplying. As parents, if we don’t do something about it now, it could be too late. According to… Read More
Opinion
Op-Ed: The growing concern over Chinese investment in American agricultureThe growing influence and power of China should be a concern for all policymakers. China is growing more aggressive militarily and they are attempting to control resources across the globe, … Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Op-ed: Teacher ‘reKruiting krisis’(reimaginED) – In the classic Krisis at Kamp Krusty episode of “The Simpsons,” Bart discovers that the summer camp he and Lisa attend is a de-facto child slave labor camp,… Read More
Opinion
Op-Ed: Even blue states now want Biden to pay for cost of his open border policies"What crosses the border is dangerous; the Southwest is our 'exposed flank.' There is a nagging fear that we've gone to sleep with the back door unlocked." – Author and… Read More
Opinion
Bleeding Kansas: What will the state look like after the coming surge in abortions and decrease in regulations?If there is any good that comes from the defeat of the Kansas abortion regulation amendment Tuesday, it ironically may be the bad that comes of it. Devastated pro-life supporters… Read More