Columns
To all the women in my life
I’ve been blessed to be around some pretty amazing women throughout my life. They’ve all taught me at least a thing or two — and mor...
Don’t put that in your hair
I mentioned last week that Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, and I suppose I am fortunate to have so many wonderful memories of it. While some...
Please, lighten up folks
Today’s article marks my sixth submission to the Times-Gazette’s opinion page over about as many weeks.Throughout this time I have tried t...
Newspapers make a difference
I like the idea that National Newspaper Week and Great Books Week both happen on Oct. 7-13. Journalism has been famously – and accurately –...
Persistent prayer pays off
Airports regularly receive complaints about the noise of air traffic in neighboring communities.This year, Washington’s Reagan National Airport ...
Beware of the scarecrow
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. Not because of the pagan ritualistic celebrations of all things evil, but because it’s just fun. The c...
Bad things come in threes
I thought I had escaped it a year ago. I should have known better. After all, they say, bad things come in threes.Three summers ago, I broke an ankle ...
‘I will miss us when we are gone’
About a year ago I wrote a column about comedians Laurel and Hardy and about their return to post-war England and Ireland in the early 1950s, in the t...
It’s crime to fly kite in Hillsboro
Hammurabi was the sixth king of the First Babylonian Dynasty and he is a fixture in history primarily due to the Code of Hammurabi. Hammurabi came up ...
The Mummy Man of Sabina
Recently, I heard a story about a small town’s peculiar claim to fame and it really interested me. I wanted to share it with those who have neve...
October 2nd, 2018 updated: October 4th, 2018. |
