Visiting the Baseball Museum in Near Here, Kansas

Baseball and glove (Photo by J. Schafer)

Wednesday, June 19th, 2019, by Tom Averill

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: A Kansas Creation Celebrates 100 Years

While this photo depicts a small sampling of Little Blue Books, Pittsburg State University owns a nearly complete set of the series, which includes more than 2000 titles. (Photo courtesy of Janette Mauk, Special Collections, Pittsburg State University.)

Friday, April 26th, 2019, by Tom Averill

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.

A New Menu for William Jennings Bryan Oleander

Vegetable variety on display at a market

Thursday, March 7th, 2019, by Tom Averill

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.

Oleander Ruminates on New Year, Oz and Kansas / COMMENTARY

Sky over Here, Kansas, on New Year's Day (Photo by J. Schafer)

Wednesday, January 16th, 2019, by Tom Averill

Commentator William Jennings Bryan Oleander ruminates on the New Year, the Wizard of Oz and Kansas politics.

Oleander: Let's Stop Playing Word Games with the Migrant Caravan / COMMENTARY

Wednesday, November 28th, 2018, by Tom Averill

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.

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