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Who will continue the fight for justice?

This month will be the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington that took place on August 28, 1963. It is believed that between 200,000 to 300,000 people participated in the March. The last speaker was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He was not on the original program, but because of ...

What a big difference a year can make

What was on your mind this time a year ago? You probably were thinking about sending your children or grandchildren back to school. Maybe, if you were gardening, you were concerned about conditions that were too hot and dry. Chances are fairly good that you had made some recent memories at ...

Testing our mettle — Ohio safe, Ohio working

COVID-19 has certainly disrupted life as we know it. While many of us may have experienced fear and anxiety that accompanies uncertainty, I find solace in a saying my parents used to share, “you can’t control what happens to you, but you can control how you respond to it.” As I have ...

What — and how — are you thinking? Anything is possible

I just finished an interview for the First Light Show airing nationally on Westwood One next week. We talked about how and why we need to bring manufacturing back to the USA creating high wage jobs. Our Region is advantaged because of our proximity to markets, abundant natural gas and natural ...

Simple pleasures — making potholders

Do you ever think back to things you did when you were a child and wish you could do them again? Well, in many cases, there is no reason that you can’t (unless maybe the activity you have in mind involves being smaller or more flexible than you are today). Some time ago, I remembered ...

Let’s learn from our previous experience

It was first noticed in Los Angeles in June 1981. Five otherwise healthy, white gay men were diagnosed with a rare lung infection. All five also had other uncommon infections, leading doctors to believe their immune systems were compromised. All five died. The U.S. Centers for Disease ...