I’m gonna start this column off on a somber — but thankful — note. My uncle, Ellwyn Worley, died last week in the Veterans Home and Hospital in Mt. Vernon, Mo. Uncle Ellwyn was 94 and an inj... Read more
Mother Nature turned the tables this year in Kansas as eastern Kansas cattle producers dealt with diminished grass for their livestock while central and western regions of the Sunflower Stat... Read more
Political campaigns are among the more difficult assignments for reporters, a matter of measuring fact against fiction, with a responsibility for telling readers which is which. Campaigns ca... Read more
Why do you think your mom made a grocery list and stuck to it? From the time you enter the supermarket parking lot until you reach the checkout counter, every part of a supermarket is design... Read more
I’ve tried everything to make a living in the cow business. I bought expensive replacement heifers when the grass was green and the price was high only to have to sell them for beef ei... Read more
A lot of us codgers are sorely tempted to sing, in a fit of melancholic nostalgia, that we’re glad we’re not young any more. Particularly not if The Times’ Paul Krugman and other soothsayers... Read more
The notorious flag of the Confederacy, yet an idiot’s delight at select political gatherings and some southern football games, acquires new relevance in Kansas each day of the Kobach campaig... Read more
A lot has happened in our lives since I last wrote a column. I wrote two in advance so I could enjoy some “column-free” time. The first thing that happened to ol’ Nevah and me is that our gr... Read more
When coming home late from an every-other Wednesday night commitment in Hutchinson, we’ve frequently seen deer, rain or shine, summer and winter along a certain stretch of road north of town... Read more
“Nobody likes to pay their bills.” That’s not completely true, because the majority of people who buy something expect to remunerate for it. Sadly there are exceptions when there is never in... Read more
