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We can best save the world by dumping the U.N.

My view:  the world would be a better place if the American support of the U.N. received the same treatment...
By Ron Smith – Special to The Informer
12 min
17Dec 2024

A few forgiving words about pardons

With all the falderal over Joe Biden's pardon of his son, the other Presidential pardons are just as interesting.   ...
By Ron Smith – Special to The Informer
4 min
14Dec 2024

Now, free Derek Chauvin

Now that a New York Jury has proven that Justice still exists in The Big Apple with its exoneration of...
By Dane Hicks – The Kansas Informer
4 min
11Dec 2024

Feds will hold sway on eminent domain in massive Grain Belt Express transmission line

Midwest-Plains was one of ten energy transmission corridors (also referred to as NIETCs) designated by the Department of Energy on...
By Tammy Hammond – stopeminentdomainabuse.org
3 min
10Dec 2024

Calls for pluralism honorable, but actual intent is far from it

Barack Obama has a poor track record in getting people elected, and yet he continues to lecture America on what...
By Earl Watt
6 min
10Dec 2024

Biden and Trump agree, America’s justice system is not fair

I don’t fault President Joe Biden for pardoning his son Hunter. That’s why parents aren’t allowed to negotiate with terrorists....
By Earl Watt
6 min
02Dec 2024

What was the real story of the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving?

It’s important to know the Puritans weren’t the first Europeans to celebrate Thanksgiving in the New World. The first Thanksgiving...
By Earl Watt
6 min
26Nov 2024

Did Kansans elect a governor, or a lobbyist?

The other day when I was combing through the text of the Kansas Constitution, as I often do on my time off,...
By Dane Hicks – The Kansas Informer
6 min
20Nov 2024

How did America fall behind on education?

It might come as a surprise to most Americans that the U.S. Department of Education did not exist until 1977,...
By Earl Watt
4 min
18Nov 2024

Crying wolf was rejected by the voters

Credibility is the heart and soul of journalism. If we don’t get it right, people will not be able to...
By Earl Watt
3 min
14Nov 2024