In 1955, an African-American teenager from Chicago, Emmett Till, visited a tiny town in Mississippi. Witnesses claim he spoke to, or perhaps whistled at, a white woman. Whatever happened, locals perceived the incident as disrespectful. Till was abducted and killed. His open-casket funeral back in Chicago sparked nationwide outrage. A KU professor has written a new book about the way we remember the incident. It's called Remembering Emmett Till. Commentator Rex Buchanan has this review.

We thought science had eliminated them, but now... some preventable diseases are making a comeback.  So why have some highly-contagious diseases returned?  Commentator John Richard Schrock thinks the success of vaccines has helped lead to less vaccination. 

Commentator William Jennings Bryan Oleander visits the baseball museum in Near Here, Kansas, and ruminates on the sport that many still consider America's pastime.

The communities of Hays and Russell are hoping to siphon water away from a ranch near Kinsley, about 60 miles away, and ship it by pipeline for their own use. Many residents in Kinsley and Edwards County are not happy with this plan.