A recent N.Y. Times article described the false cultural image of Mary Todd Lincoln perpetuated by “decades of distorted scholarship.” Male hi…
Over the course of our lives, I think most of us have visited at least one drive-in restaurant. Much like diners, these small restaurants are …
Dear editor,
Before starting this column, I want to pay tribute to a personal hero of mine who recently passed away.
Each morning when I step outside the front door I hear a wild cacophony of bird songs high in the trees: cardinals, sparrows, chickadees, and …
America and Israel’s war on Iran has prompted the Iranians to play their trump card — closing the Strait of Hormuz.
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Last week I visited a friend’s sheep farm to watch the playful newborn lambs. The dozens of little furry bodies were all colors and patterns—w…
Remember winter? No thanks? These spring days when the new light green leaves are opening on the tree branches and the daffodils and tulips ma…
I started in the mines in 1973, and worked underground for 40 years doing nearly every job there is to do in coal mining. You’ll meet some of …
Americans spend a remarkable amount of time shopping — more than on education, volunteering or even talking on the phone. But the way they sho…
Many consumers — and state policymakers and even utility companies — are worried about the possibility of large numbers of data centers raisin…
The crisp spring air and rebirth of our deciduous forests has me thinking back to previous springs (are they always this magical? Yes.) Flippi…
There are few things more joyful than children splashing and playing together in the water. When I was growing up in the 1950s and 60s, I spen…
Last week I looked out my window to see a big black bird staring at me. When he came back the following day I grabbed my phone and took his pi…
On Thanksgiving 2025, my grandfather was a healthy 88-year-old man, still out on his Southeast Ohio farm chopping wood. Two weeks later, he wa…
DEAR ABBY: I am a 59-year-old divorced woman living with my 54-year-old boyfriend. We have lived together for seven months. He purchased the h…
But this time I believe it may befit our current situation. We are all foolish, unimportant, caged, and kangaroo-ed. I intend to explain each …
If the City Administration wants the public to trust them with more of our hard-earned money, they might start by answering their emails.
Oh those hated dandelions in your lawn. Dig them out, spray them, get rid of them! Never has a plant been so maligned.
“What does he want?” I asked my husband when my dog Prego* was staring at my face. “I have no idea” he replied. In my dog’s case there are sev…
Athens residents are being asked, once again, to pay more. This time it’s a 0.2% income tax increase, framed as necessary to “maintain service…
“Three hours” was my answer this morning when my husband asked, “Did you sleep?” His usual response is, “You’ll need a nap” even though he kno…
Dear editor,
Dear editor,
Dear editor,
Let me begin this piece with an admission — I have appropriated the title seen above from an eminent ornithologist. When John Terborgh’s Where…