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When I was growing up every girl had a best friend they could do things with. I depended on my girlfriend for fun times...

By Frank J. Buchman “That’s bold talk for a one-eyed fat man.” Remember the line from True Grit in 1969? John Wayne aka Marshall Rooster Cogburn...

By Ron Wilson, director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State University.   Let’s go to an amusement park in Florida....

By Davis Merritt Courtesy The Wichita Eagle When President Donald Trump’s first major governing challenge unexpectedly crystalized last week, his failure to meet it was preordained...

(Part One) For many years I have been lured into other worlds, real and imagined, by the intoxicating power of writers with special talent. Their...

Debbie Dance Uhrig What an enjoyable week on the home front.  Our entire family was off for the majority of Spring Break week.  I made...

Over the years I have enjoyed sharing with my children the fact that, despite growing up in a time before car seat belts even...

Well it’s time again for both the largest and the smallest birds in Kansas to make their spring appearances. Turkey Vultures, being of course...

Other than becoming the first billion dollar lotto winner, my bucket-list is empty. I've already jumped in a pool fully clothed, made soap, worked...

By Ron Wilson, director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State University.   When the weather is hot outside, what is...