Columns
The drinks are on me, my friends
There is nothing like a 12-year-old boy spending the day at Kings Island for the first time. He admitted he was a bit apprehensive as the chartered bu...
Looking back: Journalism fair, accurate, kind
I had the best visit Sunday afternoon with Betty Powell in her lovely Hillsboro home.Betty worked for this newspaper for many years. When I worked wit...
June 18th, 2018 updated: June 18th, 2018. |
Search for hidden treasure
For some reason I can’t completely explain, I have always been fascinated by pirates. Not the ones you hear about today, but the swashbuckling o...
Jonathan Winters and job No. 1
Many years ago when I was in school in Dayton I met Jonathan Winters, the late improvisational comic. We met following one of his performances at Memo...
The mystery of LeBron James
I enjoyed Jeff Gilliland’s column Saturday on LeBron James, and can’t argue much with the points he made.As a student of the NBA – a...
LeBron: Is he or is he not?
If you’re a LeBron James or Cleveland Cavaliers fan, you might want to skip this article. Because I am about to tell you that despite all the su...
June 8th, 2018 updated: June 8th, 2018. |
There really is no place like home
The ink’s barely even dry on your diploma, and I bet you are already making some pretty bold claims about your future. I’ll also bet very ...
The dangers of social media, and some other stuff
A little bit of this and that today…Social media dangersYet another great example of the dangers of social media platforms and their constant te...
June 4th, 2018 updated: June 5th, 2018. |
Time to witness history again
By the time you read this, barring something unforeseen, I will have relived one of my cherished childhood memories.It is Thursday, and my father and ...
June 1st, 2018 updated: June 1st, 2018. |
The ‘belling’ of Andy Dwyer
My dad, Bob Haley, was a man who always went to bed early and woke up early. When he retired for the evening, so did the rest of the Haley family.Whet...
