Opinion
The Great American Front Porch
This past Thursday, I crawled around in the dirty, black mulch I had just spread around on the bare dirt on the north side-yard of our house. The job ...
JOBS Act crucial for in-demand careers
An open letter to U.S. Senator Rob Portman: Thank you Senator Portman for your leadership within higher education and career and technical education. ...
Profile: County’s Juvenile Court Services Dept.
Editor’s Note: This is the sixth of 13 weekly columns on Clinton County departments leading up to the celebration of the courthouse’s 100t...
Seeing words a sight for sore eyes
I came home from the eye doctor a few days ago, and my phone buzzed.I pulled it out and realized something terrifying: I couldn’t read.My eyes w...
Check corn now, estimate fall yields
We got a great rain this week, and we could use more for this growing crop.I can’t believe I am saying this after all the rain we have had since...
Humanity and the press
In regard to the recent shooting tragedies in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, there are individuals I’ve seen calling the media vultures, telli...
Giving summer a cooling punch
We were all ready to go at seven o’clock Friday morning when the taxi driver pulled in the driveway. At last, all the clothes were sewn and pres...
Self-examining and gratitude
It was brought to my attention over the weekend that, in the craziness of day-to-day life, we tend to take important things for granted. Things that y...
Fix cost of meds or lose the buisness
The high cost of prescription drugs and that market’s maddening complexity have become almost more than the private sector can bear.A fight taki...
Pro-gun, anti-weapons of warfare
An open letter to U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers:I am a hunter; I own guns. And I am a supporter of the Second Amendment. But the Dayton massacre focused my ...
