The value of abundance
One of the things I enjoy most about agriculture is the ability of farmers and ranchers to work together on projects large and small.
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KHA Distinguished Health Care Advocate – Sen. Carolyn McGinn
The Kansas Hospital Association Distinguished Health Care Advocate Award honors individuals, organizations or groups who provide an exemplary contribution to the health and well-being of the people of Kansas through their leadership in public, political or policy areas.
Plains Folk: The country school literary
Laura Ingalls Wilder, she of the Little House books, wrote a nonfiction essay about a clear and significant memory from her girlhood.
Letter to editorThanks from All Together Now
On behalf of the All Together Now committee, we want to share our utmost thanks to the Newton, Hesston and Halstead communities for supporting the inclusive playground project at Slate Creek Elementary.This project began in spring 2021, when Slate Creek Principal Tenae Alfaro shared a concern with the students that not all students were able to play on the playground, due to physical mobility differences.
Can Kamala Harris repeat Biden’s historic Johnson County performance?
For over a century, Johnson County residents voted for Republican presidential candidates.Even during periods of Democrat strength, including Franklin Roosevelt’s landslide victory in 1932 and Lyndon Johnson’s overwhelming triumph in 1964, the county stayed true to its Republican identity.Woodward Wilson was the last Democrat to win Johnson County, achieving this feat way back in 1916.But in 2020 Joe Biden put an end to the extraordinary run.Two years later, nearly 60 percent of Johnson County voters supported Governor Kelly’s reelection bid and the county’s state House and Senate Democrat delegations increased considerably.
Two Kansas leaders want you to know they support free speech, despite police shredding it in Marion
It’s a free speech miracle.Or something close to one, at least.
Harris’s Economic Pitch: More expensive houses with less in their pantries
As Democrats whoop it up at their somewhat vestigial (they’ve already nominated Kamala Harris for president in a “virtual vote”) national convention in Chicago, they seem relatively enthused by her economic platform -- far more enthused than American consumers will be with its results if implemented.Two features in particular stand out for their combination of economic ignorance, likely disastrous results, and, unfortunately, political popularity.First, Harris proposes a federal ban on “price gouging” by sellers of food and groceries.Second, she touts $25,000 in “down payment assistance” for first-time homebuyers.Yes, “price gouging” sounds like a bad thing (that’s why it’s called “gouging,” to make it sound bad.) The real term for laws against it is “price controls.”We’ve tried price controls in the past, and the results are in: They always result in shortages.Maybe you’ll pay less for that head of lettuce or package of ground beef ...
Plains Folk: Riding through the Mountains of Kyrgyzstan
Our week-long, one-hundred-mile horseback excursion in Kyrgyzstan started out going north along a road that had a few houses scattered along it, but within an hour of riding we had turned west and lost most signs of civilization.
