Gardeners around the world throw stones out of their gardens. The residents of remote Easter Island carried stones in to use as mulch because rock mulch works. Also, because they had nothing else. Anyway, they were used to moving incredibly heavy things like those strange, iconic statues they ...
Earlier this year, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced legislation to cap credit card interest rates at 10%. Since then, other U.S. Senators have put forward additional proposals to cap rates. As a longtime elected official in Columbiana County in Appalachian Ohio, I can say with certainty that any cap on interest rates misses the mark on what members of our community need. Over the last several years, Columbiana County has been a hotbed of new investment and economic development. Main Street storefronts that once sat empty are being filled. Small businesses are the backbone ...
This is not my normal happy, whimsical column. If you’re not prepared to read my whining complaints, if you don’t want to know how my wife and I have suffered, are suffering, through the process of getting a new kitchen installed, turn to the funnies now. I admit we were out of touch ...
Recognizing that June is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month, we are challenged to look at PTSD not only as a clinical disorder, but as a form of traumatic grief. It is the body, mind, and spirit carrying profound losses that have not yet found a safe place to be fully mourned. After a traumatic event, individuals certainly grieve the person or people who died, but they also grieve their own sense of safety, trust, identity, innocence, faith, or the future they once thought they would have. This reframing matters deeply. Too often in our society, symptoms are treated ...
“This is how real men have fun!” yelled The Favorite, laughing crazily as he lunged in the shallow, murky, mucky water, trying to get a grip on an amazingly strong fish the size of a wiener dog. Our other two younger grandsons, Lamppost Head and The 747, were doing likewise in the small, ...
Dear Editor, As a county property owner I have a vested interest in the recent County Commissioner’s discussion regarding changes to the homestead tax exemption as reported in the Morning Journal. As we all should know, due to the recently completed county triennial property assessment of (unrealized) gains, valuations have increased up to 36%, with the county auditor not having released that total valuation increase to date (I wonder why). As we are taxed on 35% of a property’s assessed value, our taxes are going up, i.e. more revenue than previous periods for every party with a ...
