Opinion
Observing the Martin Luther King holiday
Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in 1968 when I was 20 years old. To say that he defined social justice in my formative years would be an understat...
Delivering results for Ohio
If you only watched national cable news, you’d probably think not much was accomplished over the past year, and that Democrats and Republicans w...
Kids say the darndest things
I’ve always heard the phrase “out of the mouths of babes,” but I was reminded of the truth it holds during a recent Wednesday evenin...
Those newly highlighted foodstuffs
It seems to me that those newly highlighted “organic” and “non-meat meat” foodstuff offerings at the grocery store sure make l...
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Once upon a time, there was a small group of settlers who locate in the northwestern portion of what later became Greene County.When the Northwest Ter...
A church shooting in Texas ends because good guys with guns fought back
On week ago today, the kind of news no one wants to see slid across the landscape. There was a shooting at a church in White Settlement outside of For...
Remembering Rink’s Department Store
This discount store sold a wide variety of products from clothing to household goods and hardware. In 1974 a 20” doll was priced at $6.97 while ...
A wish for the new year
As we say goodbye to 2019, I can’t help but look back on the completed year and try to find something, anything, that I can take from my experie...
Talking about race
I often get some pushback from folks when I begin talking about race. Why, they want to know, do you bring up race so often? The answer is simple. I h...
Today in History
Today is Tuesday, Dec. 31, the 365th and final day of 2019.Today’s Highlight in History:On Dec. 31, 1986, 97 people were killed when fire broke ...
