Vanquish misinformation to save democratic society
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Go vote, but don’t let ballot choices cause community division
Election Day is the Super Bowl for political nerds, and it is happening in just a few days on Nov. 5. Casting a ballot fulfills […]
Vogts takes 3rd in KPA’s 2024 column writing contest
For the second year in a row, Todd Vogts brought home hardware in the “2024 Awards of Excellence” competition hosted by the Kansas Press Association. […]
Marion County Record saga continues
Nearly a year ago government officials assaulted the First Amendment on the Kansas Plains when they illegally raided the office of the Marion County Record […]
Email spam anniversary brings value of newsletters to mind
Thank you, Gary Thuerk. If it weren’t for you I wouldn’t know about all the options I have for weight loss, the number of Nigerian […]
Remain wary of political misinformation during this election cycle
With the Iowa caucuses, the New Hampshire primary, and others in the rearview mirror, the 2024 election cycle is officially underway. March 5 marks Super […]
Use Verity to help teach media literacy skills
This post originally appeared on JEADigitalMedia.org on Sept. 5, 2023. It is being posted here for posterity. Trust in the news media remains low. It’s […]
Heinous attack on free press demonstrated by Marion County Record raid
EDITOR’S NOTE: A more in-depth version of this column was published previously under the headline “Free press attacked in heinous raid of Marion County Record […]
Free press attacked in heinous raid of Marion County Record newsroom
News of law enforcement officers raiding a newspaper office sounds like something that happens in Russia, North Korea, China, Egypt, or any other country under […]
Patriotic holiday provides opportunity to understand First Amendment, other rights
The smell of gunpowder hangs in the air, and the gutters overflow with torn and tattered paper alongside bits of burned cardboard. Clearly, the Fourth […]
Vogts takes 2nd in KPA column writing contest
Since 2021 when The Santa Fe Way launched, Todd Vogts has been writing a column that appears in each issue of the newspaper, which comes […]
Diss. Done: Doctoral Degree Earned
My handwriting is notoriously bad. I have penmanship that causes people to say things like, “With those scribbles, you should have been a doctor.” Now […]