A Mulligan

The last time I played golf was when I was 17 years old. I was given an old set of clubs by my grandfather who was happy to get them out of his garage. I can still remember that set of rusty 1962 Wilson Staff Dynapower clubs that I lugged around the course.

Prairie Doc Perspective

A few years ago, I was helping with my son’s baseball team. One day, for a routine practice, my role was to hit fly balls for the boys to catch.

Priorities

This is Pastor Kurt McCullum's first column for The Native Sun. He and his wife, Kristen, are the new pastor family at Leoti First Baptist. We welcome them to the community and family!It seems like yesterday, but it was several years ago.

Letter to the Editor: By Jim Myers

The question I have been presented with by many people in the community is, “Why are you running for school board, Jim?”That’s a great question, so I wanted to present my vision for our school. I believe we have a great school district, but like anything, we can improve.

Prairie Doc Perspective

If your joints ache after sitting too long or make crackling sounds when you get up, you’re not alone.

No New Thing

Rewind No New ThingThe book of Ecclesiastes in the Old Testament was written in approximately 900 BC. It can be a difficult book to read because it seems almost nihilistic at times, and it leaves us wondering how to make sense of its inclusion in the canon.

Newspaper madness:

Kansas prisons spin fearmongering drug tales to restrict informationHere’s one guarantee from Kansas Reflector: We’re not soaked in drugs and sent through the mail.That’s the curious claim made by the state Department of Corrections after it decided to cancel all print newspaper subscriptions...

Prairie Doc Perspective

I had a friend in high school who was generally considered a bit odd.

Pastor’s Corner

Have you heard the humorous story about a competition between two tree cutters? “Two tree cutters were competing against one another to see who could chop down the most trees in a day. One tree cutter was a young guy and the other was an experienced older guy.

A half-century ago, Kansas leadership in Washington pushed back against executive overreach

I recently emailed Kansas’ senior senator, Jerry Moran, to ask about life in Washington, D.C.: “How does it feel to live in an occupied city?”As President Donald Trump moves the country ever closer to a full-fledged autocracy, I wrote: “I wish I could say that I was surprised you have, as far as I...