Opinions

Letter to the Editor: I am mystified that someone at the county commissioners’ meeting claimed to have a “God-given right to be irresponsible”. First, that is a hedonistic belief, not a Christian one, as being irresponsible is a sin according to James 4:17.

In the fall of 1869,15 visionary promoters gathered at Emporia to discuss the Osage lands slated to be opened for settlement the following summer. Quite a few settlers had already moved in to establish themselves along the Arkansas River in what would later be designated Cowley County.

I’ve been thinking a lot about Neil Diamond lately. No, not the gold shimmering jumpsuits or the stirring vocal impersonations by Al Latta at Kansas City’s Cigar Box that I enjoyed with friends in the early days of the millennium.

“Come on, people, smile on your brother, everybody get together “And try to love one another right now.” “Get Together” sung by The Youngbloods For some reason, the refrain of this old classic has been in my brain today.

Charlie Jennison bristled just a bit after two “school girls” passed him as he stood in the doorway of his hotel/saloon. The Leavenworth Daily Commonwealth reported a detailed account of the events on the evening of Sept. 22, 1872.

Through vertical consolidation, corporate farms control the majority of Kansas’ beef, swine, dairy and poultry operations.

It’s doubtful downtown Ellsworth will ever appear on the nightly news with looters running in and out of burning stores hauling away as much merchandise as possible before order is restored.

Early Kansas was filled with wild characters that left quite a legacy. Many of them may not have been the kind of person that you would want for a friend or neighbor, but they sure make Kansas history interesting! Dr.

To the Editor: In 2017, the legislature passed Senate Bill 89. In part, it mandated a fine for failing to wear a seat belt while driving a car. Rep. Johnson and Sen.

Establishing a newspaper in a frontier Kansas town was not for the faint of heart. Newspapers, as well as newspaper men, came to town with all the bluster and brilliance of the dawn, often to depart the scene without so much as a whimper.