Happy birthday, America! Despite what some people say, we’re in pretty good shape for 250. But as someone who remembers what seemed like a year-long celebration of our Bicentennial in 1976, it almost seems that this milestone — officially America’s Semiquincentennial — has some folks ...

As expected, outgoing Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced his feelings about the death penalty Tuesday. The two-term governor made it official — he is against capital punishment and wants the state’s General Assembly to abolish the death penalty. If DeWine’s announcement surprised anyone, ...

A few weeks ago, a letter to the editor arrived via the Tribune Chronicle’s Virtual Newsroom, through which folks can submit news items, letters, obituaries, tips and sports results — among other things. A lot of readers send letters this way. Others submit via email, some send them ...

“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.” — Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) There is some conjecture on the internet — imagine that — as to whether Arendt actually said or wrote the sentence above, but it is ...

Some random thoughts while wondering why Bigfoot is suddenly on the move in Northeastern Ohio: • I’m having a bit of a hard time getting worked up about the United States and Israel taking out most of Iran’s leadership and a good portion of the rogue country’s military assets. The ...

I think I was in sixth grade when I decided that I had outgrown Eddie. That’s when I started turning in my homework as Ed. It seemed more mature, even if I really wasn’t. But the family and friends I’d grown up with never received the memo. Why not? It was 1979 and we had no way to ...