Tom Averill
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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. -
Little Blue Books at 100. Commentator William Jennings Bryan Oleander tells us about the Little Blue Books, printed (by the hundreds of millions) in the small southeast Kansas town of Girard. -
The men of Here, Kansas, are pretty set in their ways, especially when it comes to food. They like simple meals of meat and potatoes... and couldn't care less about newfangled foods full of color and fancy names. But the times, they are a changin'... at least they are for Commentator William Jennings Bryan Oleander. -
Commentator William Jennings Bryan Oleander ruminates on the New Year, the Wizard of Oz and Kansas politics. -
When it comes to that caravan of central and south American migrants seeking asylum at the southern U.S. border, Commentator William Jennings Bryan Oleander says too many politicians are playing word games. -
Things aren't going too well for Mr. Oleander in his hometown of Here, Kansas. For one thing, his favorite spatula is broken. It needs a new handle. But that's just one of many things he'd like to get a handle on. -
It was a mostly quiet Independence Day this year in the sleepy town of Here, Kansas. For Commentator William Jennings Bryan Oleander, the celebration was less about flashy fireworks and more about reflection. -
The residents of Here, Kansas recently, held a potluck dinner to ring in the New Year and say goodbye to 2016. The social gathering quickly turned political, with neighbors weighing in on the prospects of the incoming president, Donald J. Trump. -
Five Kansas Supreme Court Justices are up for a retention vote in November. Commentator William Jennings Bryan Oleander tells us why he's voting to keep them on the bench. -
KPR Commentator William Jennings Bryan Oleander has been designated "Speaker Emeritus of Kansas History" by the Shawnee County Historical Society. And, he has something to say about the wisdom of preservation.
