Opinion

GUEST COLUMN, Nina Teicholz, Ph.D.

America may be poised for a nutrition policy reset, one that starts to reverse the epidemic of chronic disease afflicting a majority of Americans. With Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tapped to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, the incoming administration has an opportunity to scrutinize a once-rare but now pervasive ingredient in our diet: seed oils.

MY PERSPECTIVE, Gary Damron

We’ve been writing about the coming of the Messiah, in light of Galatians 4:4 which reads, “But when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman.” Not much is written of Jesus’ boyhood, but today we’ll take a look at some things that shaped the Son of God, “born of a woman”, into the Man of God.

GUEST COLUMN, Andrei Iancu, Council for Innovation Promotion

Over the last two decades, judicial decisions have made it harder for inventors to keep patent-infringing goods off the market. Intellectual property theft costs the U.S. economy as much as $600 billion annually, indirectly aiding geopolitical competitors like China, which is the primary IP infringer.

The origins of the problem go back almost two decades. For most of U.S. history, inventors who proved that a competitor had infringed their patent could obtain binding court orders — called injunctions — which compelled the infringer to stop.

GUEST COLUMN, Vance Ginn, Kansas Policy Institute

New economic data paint a sobering picture for Kansas’s economy.

In Q3 2024, Kansas’s real gross domestic product (GDP) grew by just 1.4 percent, ranking 45th nationally. Neighboring states like Oklahoma (3.6 percent, Rank 18), Nebraska (3.0 percent, 26), and Colorado (3.4 percent, 22) significantly outperformed Kansas, reflecting stronger growth strategies. These numbers demand bold reforms rooted in free-market principles to pull Kansas out of stagnation and create an economic environment where businesses and families can thrive.