Labor Day has become more of a way of marking the end of summer than a holiday celebrating the hard-working men and women who are responsible for so much of what our country has become. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the holiday was conceived in the late 19th century — a time ...

In high school, I rarely got turned down for a date. I wasn’t good looking, didn’t have a flashy fast car, (Had to borrow my Dad’s station wagon) and didn’t have a lot of money. My secret was simple. I didn’t ask. I was afraid of rejection. Worse, I was afraid of being laughed ...

When Zelda Hill was in college, he began noticing subtle changes in his father. The man who had always been precise began forgetting current events, mixing up dates and times, and getting lost in familiar places. Zelda had seen memory loss in his grandparents before, and like many people, ...

We reached a milestone in our household this month — our cat Fu turned 20 years old on Aug. 15. That’s pretty impressive. Although there doesn’t seem to be specific information available about how many cats reach such an old age, the general consensus is that the averagae lifespan of a ...

In college at WVU when I asked a young lady for a date, “No” or “I have other plans” were not what I wanted to hear, but they were truthful answers. If I wanted a date for Saturday night I knew I needed to ask someone else. “Yes” was a better answer if it was truthful. Several ...

In his recent op-ed, Senator Jon Husted praises the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” as a “gift” to working Ohioans. Please let me set the record straight. This legislation isn’t beautiful, it’s brutal. It’s not for working families, it’s for Billionaires. It doesn’t ...