Opinion

When I was a young lad I had a friend named Mark Bowman. I visited his house a few times and he visited mine...

We have recently overhauled our living room, moving things here and there, finding new homes for all the stuff that has had a home...

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s practiced statesmanship came to an abrupt end at Thursday’s Republican debate televised by CNN. Failing to win a single state,...

Inspired by a phone call I received from John Maple about the passing of his father, Paul Edwin Maple, back in January, I started...

Last week, author Harper Lee passed away. She was 89 years old.She was known for her novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” which was released...

Are you an Andy Taylor or a Barney Fife?On the classic “Andy Griffith Show,” Barney was the excitable deputy, the barking hunting dog always...

My plan this week was to continue a series I’ve been writing in this space the past four weeks about the history of the...

Sesquipedalian, it’s a long word that basically is the definition of using long words. It is a mouthful to say, for sure. And it...

Paint Creek Fire Chief Bradley George was finally and officially cleared last week of charges that were not appreciably different than a couple of...

Editor’s Note: This is an ongoing series on the history of the South Central Ohio League as penned in Paul Edwin Maple’s 1964 seminar...