The Butterfly Effect

Readers of the Unterrified Democrat get to closely follow the challenges decreased state funding impose on Osage County’s school districts. For example, the Linn R-2 School Board recently increased the adult ticket price for admission to high school basketball games Read More …

Stereotypes Lie

As I bent over to pick a beer from the cooler, another nose got within three inches of mine. Dexter doesn’t care about New Belgium Pilsner or Voodoo IPA or even the new Ocktoberfest: he was just curious about what Read More …

Not All Needs Are Met

Back in the early days of Czar Ronnie, the Food Pantry Association formed.  As Reagan scissored away at the safety net, good people about the region began or expanded efforts to feed the hungry. Almost always there at meetings were friends Read More …