Ponder the Thought

Random thoughts column. I'm not fully responsible for random thoughts. It is officially spring. Prepare yourself for overhyped weather folks...

Facebook cometh. The Kansas City Business Journal has reported that the social media behemoth is set to construct a facility...

I'm writing this column in a compromised state. Proceed at your own risk. I have just returned from a vacation,...

Just 226 days until the 2022 version of the NFL kicks off. Never too early to get prepared to play...

Kirby Holden writes in a letter to the editor last week something that hit home for me and my public...

The Chinese are going to be a little disappointed in the world's lack of attention to their Olympic hosting effort....

Welcome to the tease stage of winter. A few days that make you think spring is here and then Mother...

Set your column expectations in the lower range for this piece of work. I moved last week. I barely know...

Boy, talk about a guy who can't read the room. How about the guy who ran onto the field at...

New year, new me. That's not true at all. If you didn't like this column in 2021, I doubt you...

Despite its ever-growing irrelevance, I was simply amazed at the over politicization of the Kansas City Star in an editorial...

Everyone take a few deep breaths. The Chiefs are still good. Fortunately, that means we get to keep pulling for...

I'm not a New Year's resolutions kind of guy and I don't do "best of" year-end reviews. Ain't nothing to...

Christmas columns are not my best work. Based on a couple of readers emails, none of my work is any...

The Missouri Attorney General has sent cease and desist orders to local health departments and school districts regarding mask mandates,...

An astute reader pointed out that I took a rather unsupported opinion in last week's column regarding the legal system...

Let's empty the random thoughts section of my brain. Time to get in Christmas season shape and I need all...

My farming career ended last week. My wife and I sold our eleven acres in Clinton County, and we are...

Last week, the Kansas City School District decided to give staff and students a longer Thanksgiving break. The school approved...

Hey, guys. Who is in charge of declaring the end to pandemics? Anyone? I'm kind of OCD and I'd like...