Columns
Historic week for trade, workers
Recently, I participated in a roundtable at Fecon, an agricultural equipment manufacturer in Southwest Ohio. Our discussion included some of the bigge...
Favorites among young readers
Last week, we took a walk through our most popular adult fiction and non-fiction items that circulated in 2019. This week, we’ll continue the li...
The good and the bad
I have some good news and some bad news.I will start with the one bad news, and then finish with the two that are good news.The bad news, for me, is t...
Protecting victims of human trafficking
In January we mark National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month – a reminder that modern-day slavery is all too real, and it’s ...
Beginner’s guide to Orion
One of the great ironies of the holiday season is that a whole lot of telescopes end up under trees but few of them get used until May. It’s har...
Hand picking field corn at Stratford
On Tuesday, Jan. 7, farmhands and gardeners were happy to return after the holidays to volunteer at Stratford Ecological Center on Liberty Road. The d...
Penalties not harsh enough
Various news sources reported Monday that the MLB Commissioner’s Office “Dropped the Hammer,” “Lowered the Boom” or impo...
Sherrod Brown: Protecting Ohioans with preexisting conditions
If you only watched national cable news, you’d probably think not much was accomplished over the past year, and that Democrats and Republicans w...
Revolutionary etymology
“While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue then will be ready to surrender their liberties to t...
Stepping back into the past
When my husband asked me what I wanted for Christmas, I told him I wanted to go up to Galion, Ohio, to see the house I had lived in before my family m...
