Every morning I go out to the driveway, pickup my freshly delivered paper copy of the New York Times, and read the news. One must imagine my surprise in turning to the Opinion pages, and seeing my old local paper, The Hays Free Press, quoted as part of mosaic of editorials around the nation condemning Donald Trump’s attacks on and demonization of the press.

I went to the Hays Free Press website and read “We Are The People” and when I finished reading I signed up for another news...