Buffalo County’s own Douglas Kane takes on a wide range of state, regional and national political topics with his “View From A Distance” series. A former newspaper reporter who also served four terms as a state legislator, Doug combines the perspective of an outsider with the experience of an insider. He is the author of “Our Politics: Reflections on Political Life” published in 2019 by Southern Illinois University Press and served as an Illinois state representative from 1974 to 1983.