Opinion
At the Capitol: Discussion focuses on Loughry sentencing, education bill
With the now-significantly different versions of the omnibus education bill almost certainly headed for a showdown in a House-Senate conference commi...
From the Capitol: Legislative update
We are just past the halfway point of the sixty-day State Legislative Session. The issue that has received the most attention this year has been the e...
Douglass’ message stands test of time
In February, 1969, a group of black educators and black activist students at Kent State University first proposed Black History Month. Exactly one yea...
Going around in circles over traffic
If you’re going to have friends (and I strongly recommend that you do), have friends that are smart and helpful. I am lucky enough to have sever...
Give a hug before the goodbye comes
The Mrs. had ailed consistently in recent years. As a matter of fact, she had just gotten home from another stay in the hospital. From her bed, she ca...
Search the Scriptures: ‘None of Self and All of Thee’
“None of Self and All of Thee” was a hymn written by Theodore Monod in 1874 and it has well expressed these many years the spiritual strug...
God’s Kids Korner: Happily ever after
I know we all have read many, many fairy tales that end with the phrase, “And they lived happily ever after.” In this week’s Bible v...
Cross Words: The source of confidence
I can relate to Jeremiah.He writes, “Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying, ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before ...
A Grandparent’s Voice: Thoughts of love
Bump ba da da, (one note down) bump ba da da, (another note down) bump ba da da, (up one note) bump ba da da. Oh, come on, you know the song. I’...
Here’s to you, Mr. Robinson
One of my childhood heroes, Frank Robinson, died last week.Frank’s name might not be all that familiar to young people today. But to me back in ...
