Baffled by fog-shrouded friends
Wistful memories of days long past danced through my mind and a wry grin spread across my face, when I saw a Facebook post...
Doctor went toward danger on 9/11
It’s 20 years later, but Dr. David Lamont describes it as vividly as if it happened yesterday.The Bath High School graduate was 27 and...
Invisible enemy in our midst
Prior to starting to medical school, I recall reading the phase, “May you be born during interesting times.”Like the vast majority of you reading...
Remembering Sept. 11, 2001
I was on my way up the elevator at The Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., heading for my office on the sixth floor of...
Your community needs your help
For the first time the local health systems across Athens, Fairfield, Gallia, Hocking, Jackson, Madison, Mason (W.Va.), Meigs, Noble, Pickaway, Ross, Scioto, Vinton and...
No longer filled with stories
To me, “the farm” has always meant the farm where my mother grew up, one of 11 children. Every book I ever read that...
Characteristics of a hard worker
It was Labor Day last weekend in the United States, a time set aside as a federal holiday to consider the benefits of labor...
From days gone by to today
Having just celebrated Labor Day, I thought of a moment I had while working recently.Following the morning portion of my assigned work I do...
Common sense may be uncommon
Newspaper editor and author Horace Greeley is well known for his call to “Go West, young man,” encouraging the swell of westward expansion. But...
Opinions: We all have them
That day two to three years ago seems like yesterday. I tell people almost daily that I have never taken over 20 minutes to...