If your house is like my house, fallen leaves have been raked, bagged and /or mulched multiple times already this autumn. My husband just took note the other day that within just a few weeks, we’ll be hanging Christmas lights. And this week, I’m already thinking about how many ...

Having been buried under an avalanche of election stories, candidate questionnaires and interviews with so, so many politicians over the past few weeks, it’s been hard for me to think about anything other than the Nov. 8 election. Aside from the candidates who have been fighting this ...

During his recent speaking appearance at Grove City College, syndicated conservative political columnist Jonah Goldberg began by stating he wasn’t expecting to talk about Donald Trump. That is, until he arrived and realized his lecture was promoted with the title “Conservatism in the Age of ...

I grew up with an unending inquisitiveness that almost certainly drove my teachers, my parents and my big brother crazy. I never blindly accepted things I was taught. Instead I always questioned how someone had drawn conclusions that were being taught to us. That inquisitiveness led me to ...

We ran an editorial early last week lauding the important job that local media plays in society. The piece was written as part of National Newspaper Week. Granted, we realize we aren’t the only industry or special interest to hold its own personal celebration. But while many of those ...

Ohioans overwhelmingly want candidates for the state’s top political posts to face off in one-on-one debates. I’m one of them. A recent USA TODAY Network Ohio / Suffolk University poll determined about 84 percent of likely Ohio voters said candidates for Ohio governor and U.S. Senate ...