Opinion
Flipping through a lifetime of clips
(This column brought to you by scissors.)Here’s something we should do more: Thank you for reading our newspaper.We also appreciate you reading ...
Xenia Candy Kitchen
About 1906, a little store was located in the first block of East Main Street in Xenia. This was a candy and confectionary store owned by Clarence Gri...
We are Christ’s hands and feet
To many who were not directly impacted by the tornadoes on Memorial Day of this year, the event likely seems to be a distant memory. But to those who ...
Do we still need Historically Black Colleges?
I have been affiliated either as a student, faculty, adjunct or in some other way with four HBCUS ( Historically Black Colleges and Universities) , Ha...
Letters from home
During the past few weeks, the media has been focusing on some of the events of World War II and those who were a part of the military at that timeIf ...
Fran’s Favorites: Summer picnics
Here at the Governor’s Residence, just like most of Ohio, it’s been a very wet week.Since this is usually the best weather of the summer, ...
Fran’s Favorites: A visit with David McCullough
What a thrill it was last week to have author David McCullough and his wonderful wife Rosalee to the Governor’s Residence for breakfast.Mr. McCu...
How long can the federal debt keep rising?
A few months ago, the federal debt we have accumulated over the past decades crossed the $22 trillion mark. That’s a record. And it’s sure...
Freedom of Religion
In America now we are being asked by some to turn the country into a theocracy, to base our laws on the Bible, something the supposedly revered Foundi...
The Canton Repository, June 21Several days ago, when the Ohio House passed its version of the two-year state budget, lawmakers in that chamber celebra...
