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Wed
12
Oct

GENDER BIAS

We shouldn’t need an 11-year-old tape of Donald Trump being his sexist self to know how he views women. His record speaks for itself — as does his behavior at Sunday night’s debate with Hillary Clinton. This is how the Los Angeles Times editorial writers described the Republican’s nominee for president: “Trump successfully steered the discussion in his direction most of the time.
 
Wed
12
Oct

GIVE BACK

At this past week’s breakfast meeting of the Smoky Hills Charitable Foundation at Wilson, Ellsworth attorney John Sherman announced that the Stumps Foundation, which he represents, planned to kick off this fall’s Two-for-One campaign by donating $10,000 to Smoky Hills’ unrestricted Community Fund.
 
Wed
05
Oct

Kansas could go national

By Jerry Marsh
 
Wed
05
Oct

WAY TO KNOW

By Layne Bruce
 
Several years ago cyberspace was frenzied over many popular websites going dark for 24 hours to protest a federal bill meant to crack down on video piracy. The Stop Online Piracy Act — or SOPA — was a controversial and perhaps misguided effort championed by the Motion Picture Association of America to end illegal online sharing of copyrighted material, primarily movies and music.
 
Wed
28
Sep

Uneasy silence

By "The Cowboy" Jim Gray

Wed
28
Sep

Harvest for the ages

By John Schlageck

Wed
21
Sep

Where’s the money?

By Scott Klinger
 
As fall approaches, millions of moms and dads are scrambling to prepare for the first day of school, excited to support their children’s success. But are schools ready to receive our kids and foster that success? Increasingly, the answer is no.
 
Wed
21
Sep

V-A-C-A-T-I-0-N

By Dixie Ellegood
 
June 2, 2016, isn’t a very important date for some, but for me, it is. That’s the day when I got the best news I could ask for — an internship at the Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter. I learned how to take the best photographs that I could and even how to write for the newspaper.
 
Wed
14
Sep

Congressman at work?

By Jerry Marsh
 
Wed
14
Sep

BEYOND PARTIES

By LINDA MOWERY-DENNING
 
Soon after Kansas voters elected Sam Brownback to his first term as governor, he launched an “experiment” in conservative fiscal policy that has all but wrecked the state budget. This November, voters should return the favor and experiment with a new system for Kansas, one that places common sense and the good of the state above party loyalty.
 

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