The stories which have emerged over the past couple of weeks about tens of thousands of young pigs being killed at processing barns because of a COVID-19 backlog are gut-wrenching.
A decade ago, lecturing came under fire from the teckkies. The phrase “sage on the stage” portrayed the lecturer as an elitist babbling away behind a podium with little regard for the audience of students.
A Kansas farmer made national headlines last week when he had a N-95 mask delivered to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, hoping it could benefit a doctor or nurse battling the coronavirus.
Taking the lead from an irrational and impulsive president who has already declared he takes no responsibility for the current health crisis - and has done nothing over the last few weeks to disprove that statement - Republicans in Kansas are stepping up their criticism of Gov. Laura Kelly.
Seventy-five years ago - April 12, 1945 - was among the most wrenching days of American history. The longestserving president the nation had ever known, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, suffered a massive stroke and died in Warm Springs, Ga. His widow, Eleanor, summoned the vice president to the White House, where she gave him the news.
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