Roger Moore: Stirred, never shaken
Roger Moore, who died last week at the age of 89, was always my favorite James Bond.I’m guessing that for most fans of the...
Route 66 in a Trailways bus
I was giving my personal belongings their annual cleaning-out when I noticed it. The faded, crinkle-edged, black and white photo sitting on top of...
Their sacrifice continues
Donald was not quite 75 years old. He coughed frequently.Every cough started deep within his frail body and erupted in an uncontrollable rattle that...
Remembering two Ohio heroes
This Memorial Day weekend, we’ll gather together with family and friends to usher in the unofficial start of summer. We will do so in...
Soggy saga of planting season
The soggy saga continues and farmers are once again waiting for some drier weather to finish the planting season.The persistent rains and saturated soil...
You say music, I say baseball
I imagine most local people either know or have heard about musician Dick Mitchener. He is a very local person when it comes to...
It’s always seed-sowing season
I grew up on a farm, but honestly, I know nothing about farming. In the words of a good friend, “The only thing I...
Time to pull out the compass
In May of 2002, young Leonardo Diaz, a novice hiker from Colombia, was completing the adventure of his life. He and a group of...
Gratitude for America’s brave young ‘big boys’
Every country has one or more holidays similar to America’s Memorial Day. As a kid growing up in Clarksville, it was commonly referred to...
The media as the ruling class
The first natural reaction to witnessing the national media’s abuse of every tool at its disposal to create hysteria about President Trump is to...
