Welcome, BigGovernment.com readers. A couple of points:

1. Please read what I actually wrote below, not what the inaccurate headline on Breitbart's BigGovernment.com says I wrote. I am emphatically not The Kansas City Star. I am its readers' representative. Approximately 75 - 80 percent of what I air here and in my column comes from conservatives' critiques of the paper and KansasCity.com. My record is clear throughout my years in this post.

I've heard from multiple readers who saw the solicitation for the Holiday Cookie Contest, which is sponsored by The Star's advertising division. The ads say the complete rules and regulations were in the Sept. 30 classifieds section, but the readers I heard from didn't have those around any longer.

I asked the tech folks to post the rules online, and they're available at this link.

Folks, for the second time in the past week or so, someone has posted a concern about accuracy in the comments of old, totally unrelated posts on this blog.

If you see something that's wrong, e-mail me at readerrep@kcstar.com or call 816-234-4487. Making a comment here, or on any other story on KansasCity.com or its affiliated blogs, is not an adequate way to make sure anyone will see your concern.

Early this morning, I had a fun and funny conversation with a reader about the Page A-1 story today concerning Charles L. Clemens, an Overland Park man charged with bigamy in Johnson County District Court.

"I thought it was one of the most interesting articles I've read in The Kansas City Star in a long time," she said. "But why did you have to put it on the front page? There have to be more important things going on in the world."

As usual on Columbus Day, I've heard from several readers asking why The Star didn't run a closings box this morning. Most common question: Is my trash pickup on the regular or holiday schedule?

The last time I believe the paper did a Columbus Day closings box was in 2002, and it mostly told people that city offices were open around the metro area. This year, the same would largely be true, though Wyandotte County offices are closed as a cost-savings measure, not in observance of the holiday.

A reader suggests a column idea for me:

"This is based upon reading the Letters to the Editor, Leanord Pitts etc.

"Someone should write a column and explain the difference between the opinion page and the news page. They should also explain the difference between opinion shows on cable news stations and news shows."

Readers might not think about it, but publishing recipes is very meticulous business. Lots of us have general guidelines passed down by our mothers or a favorite uncle for dishes we grew up with. But while we've learned from experience that this cornbread really needs an extra teaspoon of baking soda, or the wine is optional in that sauce, readers expect more from a recipe in the newspaper.

I just got off the phone with a caller who wanted me to help him get in touch with Neal Patterson, the CEO of Cerner whom freelancer Suzanne King quoted in a story today.

I get a ton of requests such as these, and I always have the same reply: I can put readers in touch with Star staffers and freelancers, but that's about it. I can also usually facilitate getting to a journalist at another news organization or wire service.

UPDATE: Newspapers edit Miss Manners differently, so there isn't always 100% concordance. I'm pretty sure this column hasn't appeared in print in The Star, so it's the "missing" one.

Many callers already this morning are noting that the Miss Manners column in today's paper also ran last week.

Almost every week, readers ask me why columnist C.W. Gusewelle's writing doesn't include an e-mail address at the end.

That's because he's no longer on The Star's staff. He's kind of a freelancer emeritus these days, and as such doesn't have a kcstar.com e-mail account.

You can always send messages to him my way, though, and I'll print them out and leave them in the mailbox he maintains in the newsroom.