A year ago this week, I ruptured both of my quads playing soccer. I spent two weeks in a hospital bed before surgery and a week after to recover. This was followed by a week in occupational therapy where I learned how to dress myself, get in and out of a wheelchair and transfer on a board ...

Do you ever stop and wonder what it is that you need in your life? What about the things we all need in order to make life better for everyone? I may not have the answers to those questions, but one of my neighbors has a pretty good idea. Sarah Scott thinks we all need front porches where ...

Our annual family reunions were a full day of fun. We had a large family. Almost everyone lived in the Pittsburgh area and most showed up. We could field two full teams for softball. In the evening, the men gathered at the keg. As a boy, it was a rite of passage when we were allowed to ...

Ohio’s conservatives and right-leaning independents have a choice to make this fall: Is it better to be loyal or wise? The dictionary tells us “loyal” means, to be “faithful to a cause, ideal, custom, institution, or product.” To be “wise,” on the other hand, means one ...

All sorts of important things are happening right now. Americans are deciding who will be our president for the next four years. Local voters are choosing county leaders as well as state and federal representatives and determining what taxes they will pay and, in some cases, if local laws ...

A few months ago, I was honored to be asked to be a part of a youth organization that helps build good character in boys and girls. They later informed me that I would not be allowed to serve unless I took some class on how to work with youth, how to treat youth, how to handle youth. At ...