Opinion

Rest assured: Help is on the way
It was said to be “unsafe at any speed.” That was even the title of a book written by consumer advocate Ralph Nader. In his book, Nader wr...

Celebrating ag; applicator training offered
Agriculture is something we should celebrate every day of our lives, but unfortunately, many take it for granted. Agriculture provides almost everythi...

Pass PAWS for Veterans Therapy
Walter served in the Vietnam War. For decades, he was unable to leave his house most days.Becca deployed to Iraq. When she returned, she spent seven y...
CCHD, volunteers well-organized, courteous
We received our second COVID-19 vaccine on Feb.25. Both injections were administered by the Clinton County Health Department.When we went for our firs...

Hot sauce to liver, we still get along
Not surprisingly, it seems that many people have sharp opinions about certain things. There are some things in our lives where the “gray area...

Increasing treatment options for Ohioans struggling with addiction
This pandemic has been challenging for everyone in our school system – students, teachers, parents, principals, and school boards. They’ve...
Tail is wagging the dog
Some years ago, I read that newspaper readers read the comic strips first and that many go no further. Can this be true?A while back, Pastor Campbell&...

Think spring and planting trees
Now that most of the snow has melted and we’ve reached spring-like temperatures, I’m truly getting my green thumb on for spring. Many of u...

Black History: The long slow path to justice
On the sixth day of April, 1868 in the township of Adams in the County of Clinton, State of Ohio, William Huffman (of visible admixture, i.e., mixed r...
Two Big Lies: Who we really are
Even as we see the struggle to create a genuine January Sixth commission, several things were revealed for us and the entire world to see. We are not ...