Opinion
America Exceptionalism is in decline
Being a woman of a certain age, as the French so delicately put it, I remember quite clearly growing up in the 1950s and 60s being told in myriad ways...
Buccaneers are vastly improved
MIAMISBURG — What a difference a year makes.In 2018, the Xenia Buccaneers girls varsity golf team was celebrating a team-low score of 216. On We...
The scourge of your summer driving
I’m that guy, the scourge of your summer highway driving.The one driver who’s driving the variable “work zone” speed limit whi...
School daze!
A new semester is starting in the Xenia Schools this week. Part of me wishes that I was greeting students back to my classroom once again, then sanity...
Observations on the federal budget
It seems to me that this country is faced with situation that is a rare occurrence in the past few years. You see, the White House and the Congress ar...
A tribute to white sneakers
Becky was laughing from Heaven Wednesday night.Those damn sneakers finally did the trick.You see, my sister — she was right, all those years tha...
August 3rd, 2019 updated: August 3rd, 2019. |
Racism is still doing well
In the 1990s I was called before a state legislative committee to explain my efforts to welcome diverse students into the California colleges that wer...
Keeping quiet about keeping people poor
Being a woman of a certain age I can remember the embryonic efforts of the modern feminist movement well. Feminism in its early days of defining itsel...
Be careful what you wish for
It seems to me that some of those old-time adages that have been around for many, many years still apply today. One of these has appeared in a number ...
The music sounds different
Recently, I put a radio station (www.HerbDayRadio.com) on the air playing ‘50s, ’60s and ’70s rock ‘n’ roll music. Not a...
