Chad Frey

Chad Frey

Instead of adding a ballroom to the White House, turn it into a museum

Citing two Trump administration officials, NBC News reports that “the entire East Wing of the White House will be demolished ‘within days’” to make room for something called either (depending on who you ask) the White House State Ballroom or the Donald J. Trump Ballroom at the White House -- a 90,000-square-foot, 900-capacity party venue.

Kansas Young Republicans’ texts expose the rotten underbelly of their party. Why do leaders care?

Kansas Young Republican leaders were caught exchanging racist, homophobic and white supremacist messages through a group chat with others of their ilk throughout the nation. First reported by Politico, the messages included vice chairman William Hendrix using the words “n–ga” and “n–guh” and saying he admired an adjoining state’s GOP because “Missouri doesn’t like f–s.” Chairman Alex Dwyer used the racist code number “1488,” reacted with a happy face to another Young Republican saying he loved Hitler, and — somewhat perplexingly — wrote that “sex is gay.”

A time for co-ops and classrooms

“I am so glad that I live in a world where there are Octobers.” That beloved line from “Anne of Green Gables” has always captured how I feel about this season. Growing up in Wisconsin, October meant crisp mornings that hinted at winter’s approach and warm afternoons that illuminated a canvas of orange, yellow and red across the countryside. It was the month of cranberry harvests, football games and the simple beauty of small-town fall.