March 2025

Let’s visit all the nation’s national parks – and do that in a day.

It falls to me to write with official notice of what you likely already know from news coverage--the death of James F. (call me Jim) Hoy on 23 February, following the death of his son Josh on the 22d. I need to cut through personal grief for a moment to take care of business.

I almost never agree with Mr. Trump. However, having wasted a life as a lawyer trying to resurrect the Constitution of “limited, specifically enumerated powers” and checks and balances to avoid tyranny, I found myself reading his February 19, 2025, executive order proclaiming that, “ending Federal overreach and restoring the constitutional separation of powers is a priority of my Administration,” with hope and amazement.

I recently read a headline that reported how the Department of Government Efficiency closed the Topeka regional office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Risk Management Agency.

By: Kim Baldwin I drove my kids to school one morning last week. As we drove to town, we passed a farm pond that had… Login to continue reading Login…