Rural America needs investment in housing
Communities in every corner of the country now struggle with a lack of affordable homes, an ailment long associated with fast-growing urban areas.I used...
Wilmington Yearly Meeting: Goal of reducing gun deaths
Wilmington Yearly Meeting is grieving all types of gun violence. Mass shootings, individual murders, and deaths by suicide have become all too prevalent in...
Unraveling best intentions
Common sense tells me that American “forefathers” never foresaw the weaponry, population density, or the sociopathy of the 21st century. At the time the...
Biden, Taiwan, and strategic ambiguity
At a stopover in Tokyo during his Asia trip, President Biden was asked whether the U.S. would “defend Taiwan” if it were attacked. He...
Wilmington College faculty salaries $8,518 below peers
On Wednesday afternoon, April 20, faculty at Wilmington College will hold a peaceful, non-confrontational “teach-in” to educate the community about the need for fair...
WHS newspaper asks whether a religion class elective should be offered
The January 27 edition of the Wilmington High School student-produced newspaper “The Hurricane” contained two articles, basically pro and con, on whether WHS should...
At Wilmington College, there’s a student-led exercise in community organizing
Those leading a nonviolent student campaign at Wilmington College are community organizers — in this case, their college is the community.Their community organizing is...
‘Home for Christmas’ has many meanings
The sun was beginning to set as the big red, white and blue tour bus pulled into the Salem Civic Center on October 26,...
Board of Health is another star in Clinton County’s crown
I just wanted to express my appreciation to all the workers of the Clinton County Board of Health for the excellent manner in which...
Inmate who died, and lived again
Many years ago, a couple of days before Halloween, the weather was dull and sunless, and the wind blew my Deputy Sheriff’s uniform like...