by Jason Edwards | Dec 12, 2025 | Opinion
The Midland Theatre, Kansas City’s old cinematic palace, has a way of welcoming you before the music even begins. Gilded balconies, carved ceilings, and soft light made the space feel like a memory someone had carefully polished. My wife and I arrived on a cool...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Dec 11, 2025 | Opinion
During economic strife, authoritarian political systems masquerading as populism rise to protect the power, profits, and privilege of the wealthy ruling class. Power is obtained through conspiracy theories and disinformation and it is maintained through surveillance....
by Kate Hanch | Dec 11, 2025 | Opinion
Liz Vice’s song Refugee King begins with, “Away from the manger they ran for their lives…” Vice takes the tender hymn Away in a Manger, full of peaceful imagery of “cattle lowing” and a baby not crying, and turns it upside down, highlighting the messiness and danger...
by Preston Clegg | Dec 10, 2025 | Opinion
Editor’s Note: The following is published with permission by Preston Clegg. A version of it first appeared on his Facebook page after a group of white supremacists marched through Little Rock. Last Saturday, a group of masked white supremacists and...
by Craig Nash | Dec 10, 2025 | Opinion
Nashville songwriting sessions are famous for the tedious hours spent trying to get something down on paper, only for a throwaway line in an unrelated side conversation to become the diamond in the rough a song needs to emerge from the chaos. For Phil Madeira and his...
by Delaney Metcalf | Dec 10, 2025 | Opinion
There’s a pattern in human nature where people die in winter. This appears because of increased darkness, the colder weather affecting our bodies, and people hanging on until they say goodbye to loved ones. If you’re in the hospital, you might have a chaplain stop by...
