Opinion
Veterans eligible for many benefits
Dear Veterans,First, let me say, as “location, location, location” is to real estate, “benefits, benefits, benefits” is to our...
Career-tech competitions help students develop skills
It is competition season at Greene County Career Center as career-technical student organizations (CTSO’s) prep for state and national skills ev...
Our children deserve better than this
Nothing better exemplifies the random and absurd manner in which the Ohio Legislature creates laws than Senator Peggy Lehner’s Third Grade Readi...
Time to fertilize your landscape plants
As cold as it’s been, veteran gardeners are itching to get out and plant. We’re only a few weeks away from the “spring thaw.” ...
We need a new standard for politicians
If you can’t humble yourself to consider the feelings of those you’ve harmed, you can’t remain in office.In the 400th year since cha...
My students will always be my kids
When I was an administrator at the University of North Carolina I had the opportunity to meet some very influential people at various functions. Some ...
Douglass’ message stands test of time
In February, 1969, a group of black educators and black activist students at Kent State University first proposed Black History Month. Exactly one yea...
American politics’ great divide
One of the more striking political developments of the last few years has been the partisan sorting of American voters. It used to be that both the Re...
Sorry ‘bout that
It seems to me that I keep encountering activities or situations I don’t understand - that make no sense to me. Perhaps it’s just old age ...
My brain told me to write this
I used to think there weren’t too many things my kids could say that would surprise me.My 9-year-old, Jonah, has told me to “stay in your ...
