Home / Dwight Widaman

Author Archives: Dwight Widaman

Chinese judge shares horrific witness to executions, organ harvesting

In this narrative essay, Zhong Jinhua, a former judge and lawyer in Wenzhou, southeastern China, shares his harrowing experiences as a witness to mass executions, as well as organ harvesting from death ...

Read More »

Apple admits faulty iPhones, offers free repairs

Apple Inc said last week it had found serious issues affecting some of its iPhone X and 13-inch MacBook pro products and said the company would fix the faulty products free of ...

Read More »

Refugees in Kenya run for peace

KAJIADO, Kenya—In 2002, at age 9, James Nyang was to be taken as a child soldier so he could fight for his clan in South Sudan. It was his family’s turn to ...

Read More »

So what, or who, is a ‘Jayhawk’?

jayhawk

The term Jayhawk or Jayhawker has many connotations beyond being the mythical bird mascot of the University of Kansas. The term may have been adopted as far back as the Revolutionary War. ...

Read More »

Thanksgiving remembered as joy and loss

remembered

The year was 1971. Thanksgiving was different from any I remembered. Yes, my two brothers, their wives, my husband and I gathered with my mom at the big round dining room table. ...

Read More »

US vetoes UN’s annual condemnation of Israel

The United States for the first time voted against an annual U.N. resolution condemning Israeli control over the Golan Heights at the world body. The decision by the United States to change ...

Read More »

Area courts filled with kids getting new families today!

Hundreds of Missouri and Kansas children will find their “forever homes” today and over the weekend as courts are filled with families taking a new member into their homes. Saturday is National ...

Read More »

New Kansas governor targeting religious adoption agencies

The incoming governor of Kansas is looking for a way to avoid enforcing a religious freedom law protecting adoption agencies that place children only in homes with a mother and a father. ...

Read More »

If Not For Grace Ministries: Unconditional love

love

What do you want to be when you grow up? As a young girl, I knew I wanted to be like my own mother – a good wife and mom. We had ...

Read More »

Key to well-being? Being thankful

thankful

Thanksgiving Day encourages us to pause in the busyness of life. We gather together with friends and family to feast on turkey and all the trimmings while we savor the goodness of ...

Read More »

Algeria warns parents about ‘happy’ children being secret Christians

algeria

In Algeria, about 95 percent of the population follows Islam and less than two percent are Christians. The government bans conversion from Islam to Christianity, regulates non-Muslim worship, and enforces blasphemy laws, ...

Read More »

Syrian Christians share tragic stories

We rarely see the images of Christian suffering around the world on the evening news. That’s why, when Syrian Christian refugees share their personal experiences, we should all pay attention and hear ...

Read More »

‘The Grinch’ reflects on true meaning of Christmas

grinch missouri

The frozen wind whips, the snow seeps with wet trickles into his garishly green furry ankles, and the Grinch sucks his teeth in frustration on his icy mountain perch. They think their ...

Read More »

Get your shovels ready, snowfall to be at record levels

snowfall

With the unusual and record-breaking snowfall in the area since October, people are wondering, “What does that mean for this winter?” Gary Lezak, lead meteorologist at KSHB TV, says this year’s snowfall ...

Read More »

CNN, with 50 other press passes, sues White House over one

WASHINGTON – At least 13 media outlets are backing CNN’s decision to sue the Trump administration over its suspension of CNN correspondent Jim Acosta’s White House press credentials. Among them are The Associated Press, Bloomberg, The Washington ...

Read More »

Missouri deer hunters harvest nearly 100,000 in opening weekend

It was a busy weekend for deer hunters across the state last week. The Missouri Department of Conservation reports that almost 100,000 deer were harvested in Missouri during the opening weekend of ...

Read More »

Kansas couple caught up in Amazon review scam

WIBW reports that one Kansas couple has been overwhelmed with Amazon products they didn’t order. The boxes are piling up in the garage of Steve and Joy Olsen’s home. “We started getting ...

Read More »

Garden City lays off entire police force

garden

The small town of Garden City, Missouri, is without a  single police officer after it laid off its entire public safety force. Located about 30 miles south of Kansas City, notified Chief ...

Read More »

Where did the rock go? School of Rock: The Musical

rock

I have heard that actors stray from scripts that highlight children and dogs. I understand the logic, now that I have seen “School of Rock: The Musical.” Here, though, the fact that ...

Read More »

Missouri minimum wage hike meets mixed reviews

Minimum wage increases were passed by Missouri voters on November 6 by a nearly 25% margin. What does it mean for workers and employers? The provisions of Proposition B will make the current ...

Read More »

Federal prosecutors reviewing altered election documents tied to Florida Democrats

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Department of State last week asked federal prosecutors to investigate dates that were changed on official state election documents, the first voting “irregularities” it has flagged in the ...

Read More »

Trump nominates 26 more judges

While Democrats are celebrating taking control of the US House, the real power remains in the Senate as the President nominates more justices. The midterm elections saw a historic win for Republican ...

Read More »

Lack of Sunspots points towards record cooling

Scientists say Earth’s atmosphere is about to get hit by some record cold – but it’s not because of anything caused by humans. It’s because of a lack of sunspots which means ...

Read More »

Florida recount has Thursday deadline

The process for the recount in Florida is under scrutiny as questions arise about the process, the person handling it in the state’s most populous county and videos that have surfaced of ...

Read More »

YMCA returns to downtown Kansas City

ymca

The “Y” is returning to downtown Kansas City, Missouri after 37 years. The announcement was made Tuesday by the YMCA of Greater Kansas City. A construction kickoff event will be held Friday ...

Read More »
X
X