I've heard from multiple readers today who asked why there was no review for "2016: Obama's America in today's paper. The movie opened in theaters this week in the Kansas City area.

An emailer brought up her strong objection to a caption on a photo with this past Sunday's House + Home story on chicken coops. With a photo of a young girl emerging from a pretty fancy coop, it read: "Ava Greffet, 6, holds Chicken Little, a Chinese Silkie hen that she takes care of in her Overland Park backyard. The coop, currently housing three hens, can be a playhouse in the future."

Today a special section called the Johnson County Answer Book went to readers in Johnson County. It's mostly a utility publication with contact info for many different jurisdictions in that part of the metro area.

I've written about this before, but the question keeps coming up:

"I'm a couponer that is looking for a way to get more coupon inserts so that I can donate more to the food banks. I'm wondering what is done with the extra inserts after Sundays papers. Is this something that I could possibly get from The Star?"

Obviously, this woman's heart is in the right place, but I'm afraid publishers can't help her. All newspaper publishers enter into agreements with their advertisers that coupons and inserts are available only with a complete copy of a paper.

Readers tell me all the time that they wish The Star and KansasCity.com wouldn't devote so much coverage to sports of all types. "I don't watch them, don't know the people, and don't care about them at all," said one caller a while ago, expressing a sentiment that's probably more common than many sports fans think. We all have the tendency to consider our personal opinions and preferences as common sense -- our own "normal." But not everyone shares those interests.

A great point from an emailer, who copied me on a message to 913 news magazine columnist Emily Parnell:

UPDATE: The original emailer thinks I'm wrong not to do a clarification, and I can respect that. "This goes back to my idea that the newspaper is a tool of education, and this article provides mis-education (I made up this word, but it works)," she writes. If there weren't a more-common meaning to "class" in the everyday lexicon, I would absolutely agree with her. But here, I still think it works for the lay reader. Original post:

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I spoke to a very thoughtful caller this morning about several recent stories that discuss the struggle within Kansas' GOP between what's termed in The Star and elsewhere the moderate and conservative factions in the party.

An interesting point on a headline about Tuesday's Kansas Legislature primaries on KansasCity.com, which is similar to one in print: "Voters reject middle ground."

One thing I've noticed precious little agreement among readers over is the question of using newsprint space for photos versus more text on a page. One example from an emailer this morning: