Championing our first responders
I had the distinct honor this month to be presented with the 2016 Legislator of the Year Award on behalf of the Ohio Fire...
Start scouting for problem weeds
Does anybody have a snow cone machine? With the heat this weekend, it might be the best thing to cure the effects of the...
OVI and vehicular assault
On Jan. 3, 2013, Antonia Earley – a 29-year-old Cuyahoga County woman – was driving more than 70 mph on side streets when she...
Lessons are learned “from away”
Serving the church as a Discipleship Minister is challenging. My job is to follow the example set in scripture by organizing times for the...
The day the great one died
It has been more than a month since the late, great Muhammad Ali passed away, but as I watched the ESPY awards Wednesday night...
Melvin Oliver: Bee man extraordinaire
The John Deere started right up after a long winter in the garage. There wasn’t a cloud in the blue sky, and the lawn...
Now’s the time to get a passport
Every year, millions of Americans travel overseas for work or family vacations. Those with plans to travel outside of our borders for the first...
Whose life does not matter?
The column this week was going to be another fluff piece — an essay on a topic that was non-controversial, a slice-of-life column that...
Help on the way against addiction
About once a month, I have a teletownhall — a big conference call with tens of thousands of people from across our state to...
Connecting youth, state government
This past April, the Ohio Statehouse was host to the 65th Ohio Youth Leadership Association (YLA) Youth in Government Conference. As a co-chair of...
