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They keep falling one-by-one: First Samantha Bee’s “Full Frontal” on TBS. Then the Trevor Noah version of “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central. Bee has already been canceled, and Noah will soon be departing.  Hardly anyone will notice their exits, however, as Bee was having trouble attracting even 300,000 viewers …

Our national debt has for the first time surpassed $31 trillion with no signs of slowing down thanks to reckless spending by both sides of the aisle. President Barack Obama warned us in 2008 of the dangers of a runaway national debt. But if this were truly an issue that …

The late Republican Sen. Bob Dole used to tell me, “Kansans will show you the way, just listen.”  Well, I’ve heard you loud and clear. Today, more Kansans than ever before tell me they’re genuinely worried about the direction and future of our country and our state. That’s largely because …

As of this weekend, we have one month left until the midterm elections and voting is already underway in some states. As we go to the ballot box and weigh our options, Americans should ask themselves a simple question: are we better off today than we were before Democrats took …

Bring back the Tea Party!  Remember the raucous group that rose up to protest the 2008 bank bailouts and ballooning of our national debt during the financial crisis? That actually convinced Congress to reduce government spending, earning the scorn of the liberal media and President Barack Obama? We need those …

I first ran for Governor in 2018 because Kansas was not living up to its potential. Our state was making national headlines for all the wrong reasons: underfunded schools, a budget in shambles, a stagnant economy, and crumbling roads and bridges. All because my predecessor put his own political agenda …

With the number of homeless individuals rising ever higher in California, one might think that policymakers would seek to ensure that taxpayer funds earmarked for affordable housing will be put to good use. However, a recent report highlighted one city’s grossly ineffective and potentially wasteful efforts at housing the homeless …

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the bivalent COVID-19 booster shots from both Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna in kids as young as 5 years old. Approval from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) followed in lockstep, as they have for the last two years.  The new, updated bivalent booster targets …

In 2011, I was shot in the head while meeting with constituents. In 2013, two years to the day from being shot and a month after the horrific tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary, I founded a gun violence prevention organization today known as Giffords.   I’ve spent the past 10 years …

As a child, I grew up just a few miles south of Kennett Square, the mushroom capital of the world. This fact was never lost on my father who would often say, “don’t be a mushroom.” By that, he meant: don’t sit in the dark and be fed manure your …