Overdone by the sun
The moment the Solarcaine touched my skin I was in a frenzy. One second I was just feeling a little overdone from the Florida...
And the award goes to…
Another Academy Awards show has come and gone and, for the 15th year in a row, I correctly predicted the Best Picture winner.Once again,...
C’mon in boys, the water’s fine
“Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he...
Our children deserve better
Nothing better exemplifies the random and absurd manner in which the Ohio Legislature creates laws than Senator Peggy Lehner’s Third Grade Reading Guarantee. As...
What is really important?
Some time ago I stopped watching awards programs on network television because of the shift in the narratives that have been permitted. Back at...
A Hillsboro history lesson
From about as early as I can remember, my parents exposed my siblings and me to history. When we were young, vacations often included...
Faith, hope and pluck
The free exercise of religion is the rock upon which America was built. But it was the free exercise of ambition which did the...
Poignant tales from a diner
Brenda and I were sitting in Classics, a first-rate diner in Hillsboro last week, having breakfast when our conversation, for obvious reasons, turned to...
It has yet to come true
Even though I am now a retired educator, I still try to stay abreast of the latest issues occurring in education. Toward that end,...
Let us pray about it
Most of us have been taught the concept of prayer since we were very young, whether we practiced it or not. Really, the act...
