The mathematics of weight loss
Exclusive subscriber content
Since Halloween of last year, I have lost just about 70 pounds.
more
By Bobby Neal Winters / news@morningsun.net
|
6/14/22
|
California releases a trailer for November’s big blockbuster
Exclusive subscriber content
Who says the script for American politics no longer is written in California?
more
By David M. Shribman, Syndicated Columnist
|
6/11/22
|
Bargain bites: Eating right when money’s tight
Exclusive subscriber content
I think it is safe to say, we have all seen the rise in food costs happen over the past several months. Although this increase in cost can seem overwhelming, there are ways to stretch your food dollars.
more
By Katherine Pinto, Wildcat Extension District
|
6/11/22
|
‘Brother, we are not clerics of the state’
Exclusive subscriber content
In a recent statement on the separation of religion from government, Pope Francis was reported to have warned the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, not to become "Putin's altar boy.”
more
By J.T. Knoll / news@morningsun.net
|
6/11/22
|
Our kids are in crisis
Exclusive subscriber content
My former student left her job to care for two young children, and now that they're adolescents, I asked if she was going to resume her career. "No," she replied as tears welled in her eyes. "My children are a mess."
more
By Steven V. Roberts, Syndicated Columnist
|
6/10/22
|
Biden barges in
Exclusive subscriber content
There's something remarkable about the gun debate that has arisen in the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
more
By Byron York, Washington Examiner
|
6/10/22
|
The milkman, Western Flyers and helping out
Exclusive subscriber content
Ben George’s memoir continues. Some reading this will remember that the Oldham’s milkman’s name was Curly. — J.T.K.
more
J.T. Knoll / news@morningsun.net
|
6/9/22
|
A salsa dance in your mouth
Exclusive subscriber content
Salsa is much more than a spicy red or green sauce for swiping a chip through. Take a cue from the Latin dance that shares the same name.
more
By Lynda Balslev / news@morningsun.net
|
6/8/22
|
This just in
Exclusive subscriber content
I took some time off and look at the books that arrived in my absence! Come in and check the shelves for them or call and ask us to put them on hold for you.
more
By Carol Ann Robb, Pittsburg Public Library
|
6/8/22
|
Turkey Red Wheat comes to Kansas
Exclusive subscriber content
Last week I shared some of my childhood memories of wheat harvest living on the family farm. This week I want to share a little history of our wheat industry here in Kansas.
more
By Lois Carlson / news@morningsun.net
|
6/7/22
|
The Center of our Concerns
Exclusive subscriber content
The way we center our lives is different now than it was when I was growing up. I got to thinking of this when I was out mowing.
more
By Bobby Neal Winters / news@morningsun.net
|
6/7/22
|
May was a bit overdramatic
Exclusive subscriber content
There was a basketball player at my high school who was overdramatic. Anytime an opposing player even brushed up against him he would yell in pain and grab his arm.
more
By Dr. Richard Baker, AIF, Steadfast Wealth Management
|
6/7/22
|
Mothers are the backbone of our country
Exclusive subscriber content
It was great receiving the lifetime achievement award from the National Football Foundation. I appreciate the newspaper covering it.
more
6/4/22
|
Driving Miss Terre
Exclusive subscriber content
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
more
By J.T. Knoll / news@morningsun.net
|
6/4/22
|
Screaming on the sidelines: Confessions of a semi-reformed sports dad in Kansas
Exclusive subscriber content
Any parent who has a child playing sports has a story like this.
more
By Eric Thomas, Kansas Reflector
|
6/4/22
|
Time management and where to start
Exclusive subscriber content
We all have the same amount of time in a day, it is limited, and we cannot do everything! Are you like me, trying several things, buying all the planners and organizing tools for better time management?
more
By Tara Solomon-Smith, Wildcat Extension District
|
6/3/22
|
Real estate is a commodity, as is wine
Exclusive subscriber content
Real estate is a commodity, as is wine. A wealthy collector might give $1 million for a particular bottle. However, wine makers don’t raise prices across the board, because that high figure was only in that collector’s mind.
more
6/3/22
|
Evil in Texas
Exclusive subscriber content
I truly believe that the children who were murdered in Texas are now in a better place. Pray for us that we might be as well, and that we do better by the innocents still among us.
more
By Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review
|
6/2/22
|
Milk money, pigeons, and mayo sandwiches
Exclusive subscriber content
This week we return to Ben George’s memoir and his early days in Frontenac. — J.T.K.
more
6/2/22
|
The little boats ‘never faltered’
Exclusive subscriber content
I’m an Anglophile. I like the people, the countryside, their sense of history. And they like tea. A lot. In fact, tea helped get them through World War II.
more
By Carol Ann Robb, Pittsburg Public Library
|
6/1/22
|