Amanda Lubinski

Amanda Lubinski

Chance to meet local state leaders Jan. 31

CLAY COUNTY — A chance for Clay County residents to meet with Missouri House of Representatives and Senate members over coffee and pastries will be Friday, Jan. 31, at the Gladstone campus of Northwest Missouri State University, located at 6889 N. Oak Trafficway. The event runs from 8 to 10 a.m.

Censorship not part of open, free society

Censorship is counter-intuitive to a free, open and healthy society. When one idea or viewpoint is squashed because of bias or ignorance, it creates a social order where creativity is stymied, blunted and discouraged. We see a social order that has become closed-mined with very narrow viewpoints, tunnel vision and is myopic in its thinking.