The first calf of the season
By: Jackie Mundt This season’s first calf arrived a little over four weeks early this year. For humans this may not seem that impossible, but… Login to continue reading Login…
Opinion
Illiterate, Ignorant or Stupid?
By: John Richard Schrock The U.S. decline in math, science and reading literacy has accelerated in the last forty years. Many have observed the reduction… Login to continue reading Login…
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Few words so rile language purists as the use of the adverb “literally” in a figurative sense, as in, “That movie literally blew my mind.”… Login to continue reading Login…
Plains Folk: Water for the homestead
by Tom Isern In his nifty new history of the Homestead Act, Richard Edwards says the “three perils” of homesteading on the Great Plains… Login to continue reading Login…
Hey, Joe, pardon me (and everyone else)
by Thomas L. Knapp On December 1, outgoing US president Joe Biden issued a pardon for all federal crimes his son, Hunter, “has committed or… Login to continue reading Login…
The barn box
By: Kim Baldwin My father-in-law called me on a recent Friday night to let me know the first three lambs of the season had arrived.… Login to continue reading Login…
The right has made the truth political. Teachers are nonetheless obligated to speak it.
By: Aaron Schwartz A teacher at Rockhurst High School was fired last month for telling the truth. He said to his students that they have… Login to continue reading Login…
An upward spiral: How small acts of kindness really can change the world, according to research
By: Liza M. Hinchey Political chasms, wars, oppression … it’s easy to feel hopeless and helpless watching these dark forces play out. Could any of… Login to continue reading Login…
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