Starting our Monday reporting on freedom of the press is sobering when placed in the context of the Marion County Record raid in Marion , Kansas. This town’s ENTIRE police force (all 5 of them) raided the home of the publisher ten days ago over fears of alleged identity theft in the pursuit of information for a story never published.

This platform has always been a champion of the 1st Amendment and cherished the freedoms accorded the press in this country. We have respected that freedom in our disseminations and aggregations and were APPALLED at this seemingly egregious malfeasance when we were...