Our recent story about an area farmer studying the potential for industrial hemp has more implications than what people might realize at a gla…
I want to take a couple minutes to talk about some readers’ concerns about the “Memories of a Former Kid” cartoon that ran a couple weeks back.
For Americans under 50, inflation is little more than a theoretical concept. But for those of us born in the late 1950s and 1960s, the inflati…
It has been a little while since I’ve done one of these. Most of the time we use this space for some of the columnists our readers tell us the…
I have a confession. I’ve never really understood county fairs.
A couple weeks ago I introduced myself and asked for feedback on what people like about The Country Today and what they’d like to see done dif…
As the new editor for The Country Today, I have just one thing to say to our readers: Help!
It’s rare to find one Midwestern academic publicly questioning the economic and environmental impacts of ethanol.
I must confess I heavily lean towards being a workaholic; I just love working and keeping myself busy.
About a month ago, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund made an announcement. Most people missed it, but the moment was worth marking.
One certain way to raise my agricultural bona fides among farming friends was to casually mention my upbringing on a 100-cow, southern Illinoi…
A few months ago, The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage bought a harp and began teaching herself how to play it. She can play the piano, orga…
Oprah Winfrey said her fourth-grade teacher created a “spark for learning” and is why she had a talk show. Lin Manuel-Miranda said arts educat…
I must confess I am too poor to pay attention at this time in my life. I hope one day I will win the lottery and be able to afford to pay atte…
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From the front porch, from the hammock, from the garden, I hear it most evenings. Not the steady soundtrack of frogs, insects, birdsong, wind …
On a recent Saturday afternoon, I stood in Jordan Hagedorn’s store, For the Hobby Sports Cards, at the site of the old Buroker’s Taxidermy, Ba…
I recently went on my fifth (almost annual) Cousins Tavern Tour. Bobby Schroedel’s mother and mine were sisters. Though Bernice and Virgie rai…
One Tuesday morning in June my husband realized his achiness and stuffy nose were likely more than seasonal allergies. I dug out our governmen…
Have you ever wondered how many people collect matchbooks?
There is a moment on this wide continent of North America when all the combines are named Hiawatha. And all those combines are of the Ojibwa n…
I first met Frank Betz one January afternoon while roaming the Antique Emporium. He was a wry-smiled, carefully coiffed, tow-headed 20-year-ol…
We thank you for the article by Larry Scheckel about some of his family of bygone days. It was read with keen interest and we read it more tha…
Many of us older people can’t believe the mess our country is in. There is so much division in our society today. And many people are yelling …
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