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Voting is best with plenty of spoilers
It’s rare these days to watch a movie or TV show that hasn’t been ruined by spoilers. It seems like it takes more work to not know about s...
There’s still more to do
For far too long, prescription pain medication, heroin, and fentanyl have broken families apart and devastated communities in Ohio. In 2017, our opioi...
Fran’s Favorites: Tea Time
I spent a couple of days in Cleveland this past week meeting with lots of people working to get the Ohio Governor’s Imagination Library kicked o...
Mom’s advice about getting older
The anniversary of losing someone you love can be quite painful. The calendar date, month, or season can bring back the feeling of the initial grief, ...
Proposed Ohio House Bill 338: Helpful or harmful
“Despite the fact that most people with serious mental illnesses are never violent, and 95-97% of gun violence is not caused by a mental illness...
California law has college sports staring at disaster
California is known for prepping its residents to be earthquake-ready, and it’s been a while since a major one hit the Golden State on the Pacif...
Why so sad?
Statistics suggest that young people today suffer from mental health disorders like anxiety and depression like never before, and there is no reason t...
Congress can lower out-of-pocket Rx costs for Medicare beneficiaries
As Congress considers proposals to bring down drug costs for seniors, one plan they must consider is capping the out-of-pocket costs for Medicare Part...
Two houses, two lives
We give and take advice on a daily basis. Yet seldom do you give advice to someone 200 years in advance. But when James Burns in Ireland wrote to his ...
Encampment shows homeless problem
SIDNEY—Just beyond the Shelby County Courthouse, nestled under the Court Street Bridge, sits an encampment scattered with trash, blankets, backp...
