Opinion
Who’ll fill your 3 chairs?
Gazing out an open sliding-glass door to my left, I can see only clear blue sky and greenish-gray river water. The Suwanee River is well out of its ba...
January 9th, 2019 updated: January 9th, 2019. |
Protecting healthcare of Ohioans
Last month, a Texas judge handed down a despicable decision that threatens the health coverage of 20 million people and undermines pre-existing condit...
Life at the Children’s Home
In a sense, today’s story came about by chance.Two weeks ago, former Blanchester Mayor Lee Miller was laid to rest in his beloved town of Blanch...
See Oaks opportunities first-hand
This is a thank you, and an invitation to see your schools.First, the thanks: In November, you agreed to renew our only local funding — a 2.7-mi...
Life always goes on
It reminded me of all the chairs, in all the hospital rooms and hospital lounges I’ve ever seen. The chair was covered with a dark green, heavy-...
Both work, and pay, are essential
In the Friday, January 4, 2019 issue, you printed an editorial titled “Their View: Shutdown destructive and inane”, reprinted from USA Tod...
Dealing with rising homelessness
Sadly, a recent front page headline in The Dispatch was not surprising, which makes it all the more a shame: “Local homelessness on rise.”...
The Good News and Mary Poppins
Guess what my wife Robyn and I did on Sunday, December 30? We took our three grandsons and granddaughter to see the movie, “Mary Poppins Returns...
What’s your outlook for new year?
It happens a lot around Christmas time in the anticipation and expectation of the giving and receiving of gifts. It is called a “White Elephant&...
Public trust of department heads
The News Journal reported last week on a proposed requirement by the commissioners to run all county department fund transfers through the office of t...
