Columns
Accents affect children’s friendships
Dear Grandparenting: I was surprised to hear my grandchildren make fun of a dear friend of mine who came for dinner. Henry is from South Carolina. He ...
The continued effort to increase the aggregation pool
It has been some time since I have written about aggregation, and I thought it might be a good idea to provide an update. Communities across Ohio have...
Bocce league names champion
On Wednesday it was spitting rain and windy all afternoon, but only a few minutes after 6 p.m., it stopped. It was time to decide who the 2018 Sidney ...
The importance of county government
Ohio’s counties serve as the primary agent of the state. Shelby County and all other Ohio counties are responsible for conducting elections, sec...
Getting involved in local government I
Over the course of the past year, I have written a number of articles describing the responsibilities and duties of the more than twenty different boa...
‘There’s a cow in the garden!’
We were on our knees having our morning prayer together when I heard the “tingle, tingle” of a bell.“What could it be?” I wond...
Learning the lexicon of Alexa
Do you remember when people used to talk? To each other? Face to face? Phones don’t count because a phone in the hand is so ubiquitous as to be ...
Reform welfare to promote self-sufficiency
In 1996, President Bill Clinton, working in a bipartisan fashion with Republicans in Congress adopted the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity...
Business advice for students
In addition to teaching communication classes at my local community college, I also teach union telecommunication employees from around the country us...
Newspaper people make a difference in Washington — and Ohio
I like the idea that National Newspaper Week and Great Books Week both happen on Oct. 7-13. Journalism has been famously — and accurately —...
