Opinion
Living beings should never be treated like luggage
Air travel snafus are never fun, but for one 4-month-old infant, a delayed flight nearly turned fatal. When the plane that he had boarded with his mot...
Here comes the sun, little darker
A large part of the country will shortly be able to view a full solar eclipse and excitement is rising as predictably as the sun in the morning. It ce...
Care for your catch on hot days
On a fishing trip to an Ohio farm pond this past week I had forgotten my folding canvass chair, something my bad lower back was sure to complain about...
Between every two pines
John Muir once said, “Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.” Isn’t this a remarkable way to look at the endless oppor...
Trump’s immigration plan a step forward
Back in the middle of his campaign for president, Donald Trump outlined an immigration plan that would base more legal entries on merit, but it still ...
An alarming North Korea report and an explosive exchange
Many Americans had reassured themselves that North Korea was still years away from threatening the U.S. mainland with a nuclear missile.That illusion ...
How do you know you’re getting older? Try going to a concert
It’s not cell phones. It’s not clothing. It’s rock concerts. Is there anything that measures aging more than those?Once, (and my ...
Hunger; cruel world for fat people
“Hunger, a Memoir of (my) Body, (2017 HarperCollins New York, NY) by New York Times best selling author of “Bad Feminist,” Roxane Ga...
Give in to your four inner directions
Pointing the headboard in the direction of the North Pole would have resulted in my birth being less problematic—that is according to my mama. W...
Watering landscape plants automatically
Landscape planting in summer has always been risky. Newly-installed plants need frequent, sometimes daily watering until they get established. Even re...
