The second Trump administration is starting to round out in anticipation of Inauguration Day. Given his propensity to reward fierce...
Read moreDetailsWhile the internet is often a cesspool of information and exchange, I stumbled on a data site recently that fascinated...
Read moreDetailsEDITOR: When I thought about writing a letter to the editor, I began listing all the good that can come...
Read moreDetailsEDITOR: This will be brief. Before the election, I received several political mailers. Usually it’s tempting to throw them away...
Read moreDetailsIn the mood for Christmas music but want a little more edgy approach to the classics and some catchy new...
Read moreDetailsI'm trying to move myself out of the election euphoria stage, but it's tough. Every time I start to move...
Read moreDetailsEDITOR: I recently had an unsettling experience at the local polling station that I believe the public should know about....
Read moreDetailsTime for a myth buster. There are plenty of parking spaces in Downtown Platte City. I mean, you may not...
Read moreDetailsOne of my favorite things to do on Saturdays when I was a kid was to turn on ABC's Wide...
Read moreDetailsDemocracy did not end last week, but I think we might have seen the beginning of the end of polling....
Read moreDetailsEDITOR: The recent vote to create a new sales tax for a children’s fund in Platte County is fascinating to...
Read moreDetailsAt some point in time in a moment of extreme politeness someone must have told Jason Kelce, Travis’s brother who...
Read moreDetailsBecause of the way deadlines, and publications, and distribution, and weekly newspapers work, I am writing to you from the...
Read moreDetailsI am “get the snow shovels ready for winter” years old. Not sure how this happens, but I spent last...
Read moreDetailsMore election wrap-up thoughts next week but here are some of my initial reactions to Tuesday’s vote in Platte County....
Read moreDetailsSo many topics to discuss this week, we can't keep to just one - so like the candidates on the...
Read moreDetailsI'm headed to the polls bright and early on Tuesday morning to save democracy. You can thank me later. I'm...
Read moreDetailsWelcome back to Between the Lines. Please proceed. This column isn’t going to read itself. Count me among the many...
Read moreDetailsI sometimes entertain myself with social media videos of fights among fans in sports stadiums. I don't intend to ever...
Read moreDetailsI’m old enough to remember when some members of the Republican party on the national level despised the idea of...
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