Opinion
What’s on your mind?
In Saturday’s Part 1, the author showed how breathing during meditation makes us keenly aware of our surroundings. In this final part, you’...
Dear younger self
If you could send a letter back through time to your younger self, what would the letter say?That’s the question author Ellyn Spragin asked in h...
The miracles of exercise
We have extolled the virtues of exercise on many more than one occasion in this column — this must make the sixth time, I think. A report in the...
Bed edging keeps landscaping tidy
Annual edging of gardens, landscape beds and mulch circles around trees is an essential part of spring grooming in your landscape. Bed edging is the r...
Sexual abuse crosses denominational lines
Clergy sexual abuse isn’t just a Catholic problem, although the Oscar-nominated movie “Spotlight” revealed the story of the Boston G...
Southwest pilot calm under pressure, saved lives
A century after airplanes first took to the skies, the concept of flying confounds. Even though air travel is routine, leaving earth to float in an en...
How to bolster Social Security with no new taxes
Social Security is structured so that average benefits grow from one class of retirees to the next. We could bring the program a long way toward solve...
Getting recovering Ohioans back to work
Last week, I called for a full-scale public health campaign to fight the opioid epidemic. Getting Ohioans struggling with addiction the treatment they...
Portsmouth man battles Kinniconick muskie
Dave Malone of Portsmouth and his son, Matt, took advantage of last Saturday’s pleasant weather, when the temperature rose to 80, to slide their...
Talking about the reality of death is difficult, but it’s a conversation that needs to happen. Aging parents may dread the discussion. Adult chi...