With Kansas election season winding down, consider the benefits of being a mugwump
It is hard to become, and then remain, a bona fide political mugwump. A mugwump is someone who wants to remain aloof from party politics. I find snake balls more fascinating than a political gathering of like-minded pachyderms and mules who believe in the sainted majesty of their leaders. As the cowboy poker players would warn, never […]
Frontier Kansas lawyers plied their trade ‘on grounds of general intelligence’
I am an aficionado of Western novels. I like the work of Elmer Kelton, Zane Grey, C. J. Box, Craig Johnson, that sort. Most Westerns feature the cowboy as the self-reliant loner who comes along in time to save a town from marauding outlaws. Consider Shane: He has no first name but attracts the eye […]
