Opinion

This And That * Love that the Stockton Grade School and Junior High students start their mornings by coming together to recite the Pledge of Allegiance on Monday through Thursday, and sing the National Anthem on Fridays. God Bless America! * Okay, it is getting closer to my favorite time of year!

The moon turned the horses and mules silver with its magic. It gave the packer an unspoken pleasure to look back on a sinuous Sierra snake of eleven animals stretched in a flexible line nearly 150 feet long behind him.

A man was walking along the street when he noticed a bottle in the gutter. He picked it up and rubbed it for good luck.

Mr. Fred, living it up on the Gulf Coast, sends these.

This And That * I have been listening to the music of John Cougar (he was John Cougar back then, now he is John Mellencamp) for the past week or so. I was lucky enough to see him in concert at Fort Hays State University years ago! Yes, I was right up front!

We’re still curious about exactly where Old Man Jenkins’ cabin is. While he was alive, we never thought to bug him about where he lived, because we also cherish a man’s right to privacy.

Dear Editor: With an advanced degree in Political Science and having taught state and local government at the high school level for 32 years, I believe the degree of misrepresentation of facts about the election of Supreme Court judges in Kansas may be the worst I’ve ever witnessed in state and...

This and That * I absolutely love this answer….“Name a sequel that is even better than the first story.” This person wrote: “Jesus—After the Resurrection.” * The Cheetah Girls are going to get their own movie! If you know, you know!

Joe Glidden died 105 years ago, and millions of cowboys in New Mexico would celebrate if they knew why- and if there were really millions of cowboys in New Mexico, which there aren’t.

– Little Johnny comes home, and his father sighs, “Alright, boy, out with your report card.” Johnny says, “I don’t have it.” “What? Why not?” asks his father. “I loaned it to my friend.