Columns

Turn snow drifts into sand castles

Maybe it was shoveling the snow again Saturday morning, after having to move the giant drifts last weekend.Perhaps it was dealing with school delays...

Government pay days, scary future

Federal employees working without pay have recently been admonished.We have heard they could borrow money to tide them over. People have said federal workers...

Building on Dr. King’s legacy

As we celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we must remember that Dr. King was martyred while fighting for the rights...

Speaking of cold: Blizzard of ‘78

While the forecast for the Midwest calls for wind chills dropping to well below zero this week, my thoughts veer in a few different...

Joy in a 2,495-game losing streak

Born to loseWhat do a goose and a meadowlark have in common? More than you think — if you are a Harlem Globetrotter fan.Reece...

WC: Literally a ‘Top Choice’ college

Wilmington College has become a “Top Choice College” for Clinton County high school graduates and college transfer students. You’ll recall, in a previous column,...

News for soybean growers, applicators

Well, we “dodged a bullet”, as they say, with Mother Nature. It could have been much worse.Just remember we have 53 days and counting...

Place where lost things go

I got to speak at a relative’s funeral near Columbus last Friday. My cousin’s son Andy, age 32, died of a brain aneurysm.He was...

I’ll take a pass on passwords

The computer revolution is nearing its end.I predict that in a few short years, the invention that has revolutionized the ways in which we...

Bengals fan through thin and thin

It’s all set. Super Bowl LIII will be played on Sunday, Feb. 3, in Atlanta, Ga. with all is pomp, circumstances and majesty that...