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Ed Puskas

In search of some last-minute Christmas gifts

Christmas is almost here and if you’re like me, you’ve again waited until nearly the last possible moments to do any shopping. Every year, I tell myself that THIS YEAR will be the one when I finally do all of my Christmas shopping ahead of time. And why not? Like a lot of people, I have an Amazon account so I can have just about anything delivered to my front door in a day or two. So you’d think I’d have burned through my list, checked it twice and ordered all those gifts back in September or October at the latest. You’d think that. But you’d be wrong. So here we are, a ...

There’s nothing like a second chance at life

Death — or the distinct possibility that you may be facing it — is a sobering experience. And I get that we’re all going to get there sooner or later. I have no illusions about that. By the time you reach your 50s, you’ve seen and likely dealt with a lot of it. The carefree thought of an infinite future that we all have as kids or young adults has long evaporated. No one can predict the when or why. But as my former boss Dave Burcham liked to say, “None of us are getting out of here alive.” I’m no exception. When you stare death in the face and have no other choice ...

Hunter’s pardon was always on the table

“Honesty is such a lonely word Everyone is so untrue Honesty is hardly ever heard And mostly what I need from you” — Billy Joel, “Honesty,” from the 1978 album “52nd Street” I don’t think Billy wrote that song with politics in mind, but he might as well have. As ...

How about some Thanksgiving leftovers?

Let’s hope we’ve all emerged from the annual post-Thanksgiving Day, tryptophan-induced coma by now. Whatever you do today, you don’t want to sleep through The Game. With any luck, the annual grudge match will be over by the middle of the second quarter and Ohio State will be on its ...

Neo-Nazi marchers are not welcome in Ohio

“People … not a big fan.” A friend and I stumbled upon T-shirts featuring that phrase, and we couldn’t resist buying them. Mine eventually disappeared. I believe it suffered the same fate as my favorite red T-shirt paying homage to President Ronald Reagan. By “fate,” I mean that ...

Appreciate the things you once took for granted

It could be your health, watching your children grow and reach their potential or the fun times you had with friends when you were young. There are many things we experience as we age that we wish we could do again. An important one for me was always being around my extended family during the holidays. There was nothing like Thanksgiving — always at my grandmother’s tiny home in Rock Creek — because it was the one time of year when most of us were together in one place. Later, after my grandmother died, the annual feast was at my parents’ home. Then, after a family of our ...