Opinion

One of my neighbors is in the process of moving. I've lived here for four years and never spoken to...

EDITOR: The cloud is looking for a new home in Missouri. In 2025, Missouri legislators passed Senate Bill 4 as...

EDITOR: With the recent decision of Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe to place four amendments on the August primary ballot, Platte...

I have a financial advisor named Rich. Choosing a financial guy with the name Rich seemed a better choice than...

Platte County has a new resident, and they're already causing some cracks. In Riverside, Missouri, this summer, Kansas City's newest...

Things I think, I think. ·Look for young athletes to run into future trouble with the tax man. College athletics...

EDITOR: On Friday, May 22, 2026, I was alerted that an “editorial piece” was published in The Landmark by my...

EDITOR: It is the stated and express position of The Platte County Federated Republican Women in conjunction with the bylaws...

EDITOR: Transparency is not just about releasing records. It is also about whether records can be reliably searched, traced, and...

The other day on Twitter a commenter used the phrase “intentionally obtuse” to describe a particular political faction in today’s...

Over the past year, I have been working on perfecting my banana bread recipe. I've nearly got it memorized, timed,...

I continue to experiment with AI apps, and it has become kind of concerning to me. From what I can...

EDITOR: Somehow all three columnists (Foley, Speckman, Kamler) refer to spending time with movies and digital devices in last week's...

EDITOR: Dale Brouk wants to be your next Platte County Presiding Commissioner. He wants you to see the smiling man...

Vice President JD Vance made a stop in Platte County on Monday. No couches were harmed. It occurred to me...

Reader: A short break from the normal hard-hitting commentary you find here, as I present to you a (very) short...

Gotta clean the gray matter. These things have been bothering me lately. ·KMBC 9 did a piece on the evening...

The Platte County political season is two weeks away from developing a nuclear weapon. Slowly the facts are starting to...

Soccer bros should look the other way. According to an American Hotel and Lodging Association survey that was released this...

The Platte County 2026 election season is high on crack. As we suggested in a front page story several weeks...