The history of United Voluntary Services
The year was 1936. There were folks in the Greene County area who needed a little help and more folks who were willing to...
Remembering Lucille Cowan
XENIA — Lucille Cowan was an active member of many organizations including United Voluntary Services, YMCA and especially Xenia Business and Professional Women’s Club....
A response to a reader
It seems to me that one feature of this column is that I respond to readers’ comments and questions either in print or directly...
Koch Kollege for right-wing social engineers
The billionaire Koch brothers are funding a school to promote their views, but the message is hard to swallow.Breaking news: An amazing new school...
Why we hate us
Through the widest lens of history, America since the 1980s looks like the most golden of golden ages. The peace and prosperity of this...
Why does pet care cost so much?
What the cost of caring for our pets can teach us about the cost of caring for humans.Anyone who owns a pet knows that...
New haters, same old backlash
Maybe now when I tell you that we’re not in a post-racial society, you’ll pay attention, OK?The latest evidence includes an intriguing debate over...
Newspapers, the answer to fake news
“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free … it expects what never was and never will be.” — Thomas JeffersonThere is good...
A trade agenda that puts Ohio jobs first
I have spent the past two decades fighting bad trade deals that cost Ohio jobs. One of my first acts as a member of...
Remembering Lucille Stroup
SPRING VALLEY — Born in 1901, Lucille Stroup earned a B.S. from Wilmington College. In 1945, she moved to Spring Valley where she taught...
