Kansas is losing ground under current trade policy, as farmers nationwide see longtime trade surpluses turn into deficits. Through the first four months of 2020, the nation’s agriculture-related trade balance is running at a deficit,…

June 1, 1952, my room is dark, and I’ve been awake half an hour when Dad comes in and needlessly asks “Ready?”   It was our first time he and I went squirrel hunting together. …

It’s been around 100 days since the COVID-19 pandemic officially arrived in Kansas, bringing fears both physical and economic to every corner of the state. What have we learned? On the positive side, we know…

Allen Countians got a preview of the Aug. 4 primary election ballot in Thursday’s edition of The Register.  Of the dozens of names, two things stand out: The number of either uncontested races or those…

Growing up in southwest Kansas, one of the tenets of life I learned early is this: A good steak needs no sauce. After moving around the country a bit, I got used to people dousing…

Last week, Jake LaTurner, candidate for Congress, said he thought the additional $600 in unemployment benefits to help those who have lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic are a bad idea. LaTurner gave…

Sometimes politics meets the personal, head on. This is one of those times. On June 14, I turn 75. On June 22, Michel and I celebrate our 52nd wedding anniversary. Forty-one years ago this month,…

Mark Hastings joined the Register family years ago, working in advertising with his father, Jack, and Ray Blohm. Before long he became advertising manager, and retired a year ago.  Early on we became fast friends.…

The New York Times recently ran an article on the “painful reprisals” that some employees are experiencing for refusing to come back to what they feel are unsafe conditions. As businesses reopen after being shut…

I was in Washington, D.C., when 14th Street burned following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. Like many of us, I went on to witness more riots and rampages when other…