We recently answered a question about whether or not the tea, coffee and juicy fruits and vegetables that someone consumes help with hydration. The answer is yes, they do. Now a reader asks specifically about sodas: “I find that reliable information about the safety of drinking soda pop is hard to come by,” she wrote. “Should it be avoided?” In a word, yes.
I was almost 10 years old when my family came from Baghdad, Iraq, to the United States. Life in America, though challenging at first, was gracious and straightforward compared to life under authoritarianism, characterized by unpredictability and fear.
The 2022 Legislative regular session came to a close at 1:30 am on April 2nd. We passed a number of bills, but still have a lot of work to do when we return for Veto Session on April 25th.
Editorial: Kansas legislators waded into ethical morass with ill-conceived effort to oust Mark Skoglund An attempt by legislators to remove Mark Skoglund from his post as director of the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission has been subdued for now. This comes amid an apparent inquiry into one of the most powerful groups in Topeka — the Kansas Chamber — and, potentially, legislators The Topeka Capital-Journal’s Andrew Bahl reports The Topeka Capital-Journal’s Andrew Bahl reports legislators have walked back the effort.
With the April 18 tax-filing deadline closing in for most taxpayers, the Internal Revenue Service wants to dispel some new and common myths about getting refund details or speeding up tax refunds. A number of these myths circulate on social media every tax season.
Transgenderism is a political construct not a biological fact. All the hormone treatments, surgeries and wishful thinking don’t change the fact that a transgender person is doing an imitation of what they think the opposite sex should be.
The past two years have been difficult for everyone, including educators and students. Our nation’s teachers have adapted and provided for their students in so many ways. This year, we celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week from May 2 through May 6, and honor all educators who prepare our children for the future.
Dear Doctors: When my nephew was born last year, he had something the doctors called neonatal jaundice. It went away after a few weeks, and he seemed fine. Then the same thing happened when I had my daughter. Why do babies get jaundice? Is it dangerous for them?
On March 23, 2022, the Taliban in Afghanistan closed girls’ high schools, hours after they had re-opened. Afghan girls will not be able to attend school beyond fifth grade. As a teacher, I am angry that these students are denied any higher education. Yet this is not a black-and-white issue. And while this Taliban action is among the darkest, much of the rest of the world operates in the gray as well. Given equal test scores and measured abilities, “he” will be paid more and promoted higher than “she.”
Many Kansas Republicans likely guffawed in disbelief when Governor Laura Kelly recently insisted she was “a major local-control advocate.” The image of Democrats as favoring big government programs, with Republicans fighting to keep government small and local, is deeply entrenched. The language of the state GOP, presenting Kelly’s emergency orders during the pandemic as examples of “one-size-fits-all” overreach, employs this stereotype expertly.