TOPEKA (KSNT) – Local beer makers and sellers are calling a new Kansas law a win. Starting Monday, July 1, microbreweries in the state can now self-distribute their own beer and allow licensees to sell hard cider. KSNT 27 News talked to the owner of Blind Tiger, Jay Ives, in Topeka on the new changes. […]
President Joe Biden blasted the Supreme Court’s decision granting former and future presidents immunity from prosecution for official acts saying it gives the executive office, and possibly Donald Trump, the power “to do whatever he pleases, whenever he wants to do it.” Speaking from the Cross Hall in the White House Monday evening, Biden panned […]
We are on the brink of destroying our judicial system in Arizona. Partisan actors want to punish judges who have ruled contrary to their politics. They see the judiciary as a second legislature, in which every judge must toe a political line — theirs. But the judiciary is not a second legislature. It is a […]
Colorado charter schools, and the cause of school choice in our state, dodged a bullet at the Capitol when legislation that would have crippled the charter movement was soundly defeated in a bipartisan vote. This annual, relentless assault on families’ rights and quality education can only be stopped if we vote to put the right […]
Sophie Nance was only 28 when she died in 1853. Everyone agreed the young woman was beautiful even in death, so much so that her family planned an unusual way to remember her. She was buried beside Columbia’s Washington Street United Methodist Church in what’s called a Fisk coffin, a cast-iron burial case that was […]
In the night, moon flowers — divine, white bodies with heart-shaped leaves — radiate like a star-shaped Christmas tree topper. At the sight of dawn, they collapse. Moon flowers have adapted to the sleep cycles of nocturnal pollinators. They emerge like Cinderella in the moonlight, giving off strong perfume scents that attract moths and flies […]
With summer getting into full swing, temperatures will begin to rise in Wisconsin. For the first time in 2024, it is expected to reach 90 degrees, causing many Milwaukee homes to crank their AC. Ideal temperature can be a debatable topic across households. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel wants to know: At what temperature do Milwaukee […]
Bryson DeChambeau claimed his second US Open title on an extraordinary final day at Pinehurst to heap more major misery on a shell-shocked Rory McIlroy. DeChambeau brilliantly saved par from a fairway bunker on the 72nd hole, but McIlroy will wonder how he let his best chance to end a 10-year wait for a fifth […]
Donald Trump issued an angry and confrontational Father’s Day message Sunday, using the occasion to lash out at his enemies and issue a hyperbolic plea for votes in November’s presidential election. The former president, 78, hit a familiar note in the all-caps missive, writing on Truth Social: “HAPPY FATHER’S DAY TO ALL, INCLUDING THE RADICAL […]
Paul F. deLespinasse Seventy years ago, the Supreme Court held that segregated public schools were unconstitutional. The unanimous opinion in Brown v. Board of Education was read in the courtroom by its author, Chief Justice Earl Warren. Thanks to information received from John Q. Barrett, law professor at St. Johns University and expert on Justice Robert H. Jackson (1941-54), I recently […]
Public opinion polls about the current presidential race are mystifying in a lot of ways. How can it be that the twice impeached, convicted felon Donald Trump is the presumptive nominee for the Republican Party again? As inexplicable as it is to many of us, I think after eight years we have to accept that […]
The new moon of June 2024 occurs tonight, making this a great night to get and enjoy a sky free from the glare of the moon. New moons occur about every 28.5 days, as the moon passes between the sun and Earth on its journey around its orbit. More formally, a new moon is when […]