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Opinion.

An American’s impressions of Germany and Iceland

Columns

Last Sunday morning at 6 AM Nathan (Shale Crescent USA president), Lynnda and I landed in Frankfurt Germany after a flight from New York City of over seven hours. We flew from Pittsburgh to New York to catch the international flight. Picked up our luggage from the Pittsburgh flight, ...

The tantalizing arrival of early spring weather

Columns

This is one of my favorite times of the year. No, I don’t love the cold, rainy conditions that Mother Nature is still sending our way from time to time. But I do enjoy the longer days that mean I might make it out of the office before dark once in a while. I revel in the really warm days ...

ODNR should protect public lands

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, On February 26, Ohio proved once again that nothing in the state is sacred when it comes to making money from fracking. In addition to some Department of Transportation parcels, the 5-member Oil and Gas Land Management Commission (OGLMC) approved bids to frack Salt Fork State ...

Social Security

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, This election will be a very important one for our senior citizens depending on Social Security and Medicare. I ask you to seriously review the candidates and their stance on Social Security and Medicare. There is a renewed interest in using soaring budget deficits as an ...

Consider immigration when voting this fall

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The following is one of the most difficult letters I have written in a long time but I hope in some small way it helps people understand their responsibility when they vote this fall. Recently we were all made aware of a young woman’s death in Georgia by a “noncitizen” aka ...

Why one woman votes Republican

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Recently there was a Letter to The Editor by a woman who wanted to know why “The Republican Party Hates Women?” My response is this, they don’t hate women they hate abortion. The 195 Republicans she believes are trying to stop women’s right to control their own ...