An old farm friend had a saying for every occasion. When he could put a chore off no longer, it was “nut-cuttin’ time.” That’s where we are with this year’s election, nationally and very much…

Dear editor, I am baffled by things going on in this election. I can not believe that a woman would sit and let a man inappropriately touch her and do nothing. If someone touched me…

Dear editor, It will soon be time to think about casting your ballot for people who make the laws concerning our state. If you are a believer in public education like I am I hope…

“What’s this?” Brian asked, as water dripped from the corner of an ornate book. A wide, satin ribbon was wrapped round the tapestry cover. When opened, it folded out accordion-style. Inside were love letters, the…

Dear editor, This year, Kansans have the option of re-electing a Republican Senate and a Republican House that have consistently done the bidding of Republican Gov. Sam Brownback, whose experiments with our money and our…

In 24 days, the presidential race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will be decided. Trump has dwelt at times on the nuclear alternative and as president he would have access to the nuclear football,…

Rep. Lynn Jenkins, Kansas congresswoman, continues to pledge her support for fellow Republican Donald Trump  while at the same time calls him despic-able.  In a CBS News poll released Tuesday, Jenkins is quoted as saying,…

The contrast is startling.Hate crimes on the bucolic campus of Bethany College, the gem of Lindsborg. Scrawled on a campus sidewalk were a dozen racist messages, including “Make Lindsborg white again,” and another of the…

Anyone who says he has a high threshold for pain never got his toe caught between chain and sprocket on a bicycle. In the early 1950s I got a new bike for Christmas, a shiny…

Donald Trump became a household name when his reality TV show “The Apprentice” debuted in 2004. The program depicted Trump taking perverse delight in telling people they were fired. Unfortunately it wasn’t an act.  What…