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Working to make a life

Body Fall harvest is in full swing on our central Kansas farm. Do you live to work or work to live? This question of mindset and philosophy has been a source of intergenerational tension for a while now.

Democracy still needs newspapers

Body “Newspapers are dead,” a solemn but dubious audience of students heard. “In 10 years, they’ll be gone altogether.” We’ve all heard the grim assessment.

It's a dog's life, at least for a weekend

Body I had a pair of young ladies at my house over the weekend, and they spent a lot of time shedding on the furniture, eating everything they could find on the floor, and nudging me with their noses for attention.
Travis Mounts | Managing Editor

Adventures in baseball

Body Insight I am not a great lover of sports, but I have always enjoyed America’s favorite pastime: baseball. My uncle regularly took us to watch the Brewers play at the old County Stadium in Milwaukee.

Road work? It only lasts for years...

Body Paul Rhodes | Publisher & Editor Okay, this could be a fun exercise. Let's take a map of Wichita, draw a 30-mile circumference around it, and see if we can find a single 20-minute stretch of major highway that you can drive without running into construction work.
Road work? It only lasts for years...

You take good help when you can find it

Body When the annual Walnut Valley Festival rolls around each year I'm always working to put together a good crew of reporters and photographers to help us with coverage. This is such a big and important event in our area.
You take good help when you can find it
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