I remember: Attending the Country School
The longer I live on this earth, the more I appreciate the freedoms we enjoyed in the days of attending the country school. Oh,...
Kansas Profile – Now That’s Rural, Jonathan Truman and Weston Hiebert
By Ron Wilson, director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State University.
“The Back Stops Here.” No, that’s not quite...
Roger’s view from the hills: Riding fences
BEWARE OF FALSE KNOWLEDGE;
IT IS MORE DANGEROUS
THAN IGNORANCE.
George Bernard Shaw
If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, swims like a duck,...
The Covered Dish: Pear Honey
I can’t recall a more perfect day. I slept in, drank my coffee and relaxed with a good book on the screened porch. Amongst...
Kansas hunting rises again
Friday morning Joyce and I joined dignitaries from the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism
(KDWPT) and representatives from numerous Kansas tourism related groups...
Long Live The Cow
Some market reports show bred heifers selling for $2,700 and young pairs fetching $3,300. And these are commercial cattle! I remember when a whole Gooseneck load...
Chronicles of the farm woman: Eight grade graduation
Farmers did not have a holiday last Saturday. The day was perfect and too few perfect days have come along this spring. Teams and...
In praise of hunting
By John Schlageck, Kansas Farm Bureau
During the early days of our country, settlers hunted out of necessity. While farming and trading provided them with...
Religion and politics, oil (gasoline) and water
Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen,
O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.
– Psalm 68:28
Put another way: “Summon your power, God;
show us...
Washburn law professor questions Kobach’s fitness
In a stunning letter to Kansas editors on Sept. 24, Jim
Concannon, a professor of law and former Dean of the
Washburn University School of Law,...