Opinion

Now that the primary election is behind us, I’ve been reflecting on something I always appreciate each election cycle: working for a publication that takes nonpartisanship seriously.

For the past six years, Chiefs games have meant more to me than just a football game. Somewhere along the way, watching the Kansas City Chiefs became a tradition for my parents and me.

One of the hardest parts of growing up isn’t paying bills, balancing a career or learning how quickly life changes. It’s realizing no matter how hard you try, someone is always going to walk away unhappy.

We live in a world that encourages us to keep adding words, graphics, features and bullet points. Thanks to AI and today’s content creation tools, it is easier than ever to produce pages of information in just a few seconds.

Every Fourth of July, there is one tradition I look forward to more than just about anything else. For years, my daughter and I have packed up each Fourth of July and headed to my dad’s condo at the Lake of the Ozarks.

America will soon celebrate its 250th birthday, and while much of the national conversation will focus on major historical moments, famous documents and large-scale celebrations in places like Washington, D.C., some of the most meaningful celebrations are already happening much closer to home.

Some guarantees in life are unavoidable: taxes will come regardless of preparedness, Missouri weather will unpredictably include all four seasons within a week and if anything goes wrong in my life, my mother will probably blame it on energy drinks.

For most of my life, I thought the lake was one of the most relaxing places a person could spend a summer weekend. Then I started paying attention to the wildlife.

To the Editor, There was a fire at Sunshine Lake in Ray County on Feb. 19 of this year. The fire destroyed four cabins, a fifth-wheel camper and a large boat. One of the cabins was approximately 150 years old.

The older I get, the more I realize certain things quietly start making sense in ways they never did before.