Sunday, January 11, 2026

Blogs

Will the new Congress help Kansas steal Medicare?

The Republicans in Washington are wasting no time in moving to dismantle much of the federal government as we have come to know it....

The Covered Dish: Revel Bars

Today felt good!  We had a big family dinner at our home.  I made a proposal to everyone present, that we start having dinners...

Laugh tracks in the dust: 43 years of whit and wisdom

And so begins my 43rd year of continuous weekly column writing. By my count that 2,184 columns done and this, the 2,185th, in the...

Now That’s Rural: Trudy Rice – National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals

  By Ron Wilson, director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State University. It was time to elect a new president....

Political Style

I am not sure why the political climate these days has me going straight to the early 1970's and the Nixon presidency. I grew...

River Monster

If you remember, last fall I was given the opportunity to do some nuisance beaver trapping at Turkey Creek Golf Course in McPherson. I’ve...

Make America Sick Again

Congress is moving rapidly, recklessly, to repeal the Affordable Care Act while offering nothing to replace it. This will ensure America’s station in the...

You Can Never Be New Again

  Farmers and ranchers, I was thinking of you today. You hardly ever write any more. When I started writing this column 35 years ago...