Ponder the Thought

You're building a new jail, Platte County. Oh, you have not officially approved it, but I've been around the block...

Stick with me here. This is complicated for those of us still based in some sort of reality. I got...

Interesting fact. Patrick Mahomes is really good at the footballing. I understand the fame and money and stuff is cool...

Let's nerd out on some Platte County real estate as we await Super Bowl week. Make sure you read this...

Let's all welcome the Sun back into our lives. It's a round sphere of fire that sits in the sky...

While you've been shoveling and layering, the Missouri Legislature has convened, and you should probably not look up from your...

I am beginning to forgive Team Tony Luetkemeyer's tax increase on young people. As you may recall, he jumped on...

If you're reading this, you survived the “snow of the century,” or just January in Missouri. As I write this...

I drove through Kansas and Oklahoma to watch the Missouri Tigers in the Cotton Bowl last week. As you may...

Year-end columns call for random thoughts. I do not do recaps. I'm not a fan of the rear-view mirror feature...

Merry Christmas from Ponder the Thought to you and yours. This seems like a suitable time to bring up the...

This column has never been offsides. Never. If you wake up on Monday mornings after a Chiefs loss and think...

Got my tax bill. This seems like a good time to remind you that public education in America is broken....

An elderly lady at the dentist's office last week was bragging up her grandson to anyone that would listen. All...

I am go to my kid's house for Thanksgiving years old. Not sure how this happened. It seems like yesterday...

I've continuously assured you that almost no one pays attention to state government. It's always been odd to me, the...

The Chiefs game in Germany rated a 94 share in TV ratings last weekend. That means 94% of the TVs...

A highway patrolman pulled me over in rural DeKalb County last week. According to him, I was allegedly driving 68...

Foley took the keys to my Team Tony bandwagon away from me. I'm just another lonely voter without a bandwagon...

County governments across the state are jumping into the “save everyone from everything” governing policy that has become vogue over...