A book published nearly 60 years ago put one man in the spotlight and in the hot seat. Scientist Paul Ehrlich wrote the Population Bomb, a controversial work with dire predictions. Commentator Rex Buchanan has a review of Ehrlich's latest work, an autobiography.

Renewable energy sounds like a good idea to most people. But wind and solar power come with a cost. Commentator Rex Buchanan talks about the trade-offs of green energy and why a massive solar project in central Kansas has been put on hold.

Efforts are underway to return a large boulder, now located in a Lawrence park, to the Kaw Nation. The rock was moved to Lawrence nearly 100 years ago and installed as a tribute to the white settlers who founded the town. In this guest commentary, we hear from a member of the Kaw Nation as she reflects on the meaning of the tribe's sacred red rock.

A Lawrence attorney says his LGBTQ+ clients are alarmed and frightened by several new Kansas laws taking effect July 1st.

On the night of May 25th, 1955, a massive EF-5 tornado tore through the small town of Udall, Kansas, while most of its residents were fast asleep. A new book tells the story of that deadly night. Commentator Rex Buchanan has this review of Without Warning, by Jim Minick.

It was 88 years ago today that a massive dust storm descended on western Kansas, blacking out the sun and covering everything in a thick layer of dust. The day came to be known as Black Sunday. Hear why so many Kansas believed it was literally... the end of the world.

Topeka area native Georgia Neese Clark Gray was the first female Treasurer of the United States. But she wasn't the last. Ever since, all U.S. Treasurers have been women. For Women's History Month, Commentator Katie Keckeisen has this remembrance of a remarkable Kansas woman.

A new art exhibit in Kansas City about the Kansas River will help you see the Kaw in new ways. Commentator Rex Buchanan tells us more about the art and the artist, Lawrence resident Lisa Grossman.

Lorenzo Fuller, who grew up in Stockton, Kansas, became a Broadway sensation in the mid 1900s. This singer, musician and performer was the first Black man to have a network TV variety show (nearly a decade before Nat "King" Cole).

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