Opinion

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

Like to listen to good music? Sometime when you’re near your Alexa device, say “Alexa, play the yesterday café station.”...

EDITOR: The United States Postal Service (USPS) is a lifeline for millions of Americans. Whether you live in Kansas City,...

Ding. Ding. Ding. Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the octagon for tonight's title fight. In the white corner...

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

From the departments of “what are we doing?” and “who’s minding the store?” I ask you this: Is the following...

Just got back from a tremendous post-holiday vacation and there are a TON of things to catch up on. It's...

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

Uncompensated endorsement forthcoming. Had an opportunity to check out the new Char Bar restaurant at Creekside in Parkville recently. The...

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

EDITOR: We would like to commend a small city and especially one of its officers for the implementation of a...

Uh oh. The City of Platte City’s personnel drama isn’t big enough to get action from the board of aldermen...

One of the tenets of journalism is reporting the truth. There are, obviously, multiple ways of reporting said truth and...

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

I surrender. I’ve taken to actively trying to avoid online coverage of the Taylor Swift/Travis Kelce romance, or whatever it...

2023 is in the books. For most of us, there were some great and some not so great - like...

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

Get ready for some political drama in 2024. Platte County seems primed for such. Hey, and why not? Feels like...

It's Christmas time in the Northland! The stockings have been hung. The balls have been displayed. The poinsettias are flying...

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