Three reasons to be thankful for a free press

A friend of mine is a member of the Kansas City International Visitors Council, so she gets to meet people from all over the world when they come to check out KC. Earlier this week, she agreed to host a home-cooked dinner for several delegates here on a three-week tour of the U.S.

She was a little nervous at the prospect of keeping up conversation and cooking at the same time, so she invited me over to meet her visitors, who are each involved with the press in their home countries.