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  • All that we may become
    When American-born novelist Gertrude Stein moved to Paris as a 29-year-old, she quickly became an important patron of the…
    by Peter Marty, The Christian Century / September 4, 2026

  • After Winfield, we deserve a better conversation on guns
    In the aftermath of the horrific Aug. 11 Winfield murder-suicide that claimed the lives of four children, neighbor Lisa…
    by Alexandra Middlewood – Insight Kansas / September 4, 2026

  • I went to school and started a successful business in the US. Now I’m no longer welcome
    I was 17 when the University of Northwestern-St. Paul offered me a scholarship in 2010. When I was 21,…
    by Benjamin Fernandes – Guest opinion for The New York Times / September 3, 2026

  • Wendell Berry: Going with, and against, the grain
    Some Kentuckians become so rooted in this place that it is difficult to think of one without the other….
    by Keith L. Runyon – Kentucky Lantern / September 2, 2026

  • As a teen, he led Hong Kong protests. China is still punishing him
    When I first met Joshua Wong in 2013, he was 16, an activist who had led a student movement…
    by Frances Hui – Guest essay for The Washington Post / September 2, 2026

  • Latin America’s darkest times are being revisited here
    Día de Detenido-Desaparecido — Day of the Detained-Disappeared — occurs Aug. 30. It was introduced in 1981 by the…
    by Huascar Medina – The Kansas Reflector / September 1, 2026

  • Tuesday’s charge: ‘Be the change’
    Newcomer Camille Lavon put me in my place Tuesday night. Aware that the dozen or so children who accompanied…
    by Susan Lynn-Register editor / August 30, 2026

  • A fish tale you can trust
    There are two kinds of fishing stories. The first kind begins with, “You should’ve seen the size of that…
    by Ken Knepper / August 30, 2026

  • The miscalculation behind midterm governor elections
    As we approach Labor Day, the unofficial start of the general election season, it’s worth looking back at a…
    by Mark Joslyn – Insight Kansas / August 30, 2026

  • Kansas journalist fired for defending Stars & Stripes
    I’m sure former Fox News talking head Pete Hegseth, now the secretary of defense, or war, or whatever, fancies…
    by Dion Lefler – Wichita Eagle / August 27, 2026

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