Columns

Fighting for older Ohioans
No matter their age, income or background, everyone deserves to age with dignity and retire safely and securely.From restoring pensions and protecting...
Mechanical problems
Yesterday has been here and is gone never to return to visit us again. With what we would call good stuff and that offset by the “not so good,...
Changing styles
I have long been aware that clothing styles repeat themselves over the years. Perhaps the first time I really noticed was when I had just learned to s...
A case of mistaken identity
I am now beginning my fifth month in independent living. Don’t misunderstand. I didn’t mean to give you the idea that I’m actually &...
Christians or not?
I was in Kentucky at the mission I support there and had a rather interesting experience.This is a home mission our church has supported for as long a...
Christmas shopping
It was Thursday, just a few days before Christmas Day. Weather had taken a turn for the worse and it was promised us that our relatively mild winter t...

Connecting Ohio veterans with PACT Act benefits
This summer we passed the Heath Robinson Honoring Our PACT Act, named in honor of Ohioan Heath Robinson. It’s the most comprehensive expansion o...
Christmas memories
Where has this year gone? Though day by day, it sometimes seemed endless, still when it comes to its final count-down, the question looms before me ...
Let’s fix that
I grew up in the era when everything that came across one’s life had more than one use – from the paper that wrapped purchases at the neig...

Securing access to essential medicine during cold and flu season
No parent should have to drive for hours, checking pharmacy after pharmacy, to find a basic but crucial medicine for a sick child.And no child should ...