Offering a few political comments
As members of my family and I were discussing politics this weekend, my son Lance said, “I had never considered that.”His statement was in...
Jim McGuire: Lowly, lovely bullheads
I’ve been an avid bullhead fan all my life—though certainly not because of their looks, fight, size, or any angling expertise required in getting...
Fighting maternal, infant mortality
We know we have a serious problem with infant mortality and maternal mortality in Ohio and around the country — and that we see...
Spring training my sure sign of spring
The surest sign of spring isn’t a groundhog, it’s not the wildflowers growing under the bushes on the side of my yard, it’s not...
Thanks for verifying the facts
I appreciate Representative Steve Huffman’s response to my article on the school choice scam perpetrated on Ohioans by the Ohio Legislature. He employed many...
Guess What’s New in Reading?
ENGLEWOOD — As we move into March and think about spring just around the corner, it’s time to dust off the winter blahs and...
I Came, I saw, iPad
As promised, or, as some like to say, warned, this is the second installment about my buying a new iPad. Writing two columns about...
A different perspective on school choice
I thought I would respond to Tom Dunn’s column dated Jan. 30, 2020 titled “Yet another political scam exposed.” I would like to add...
Celery: A medicine chest in disguise
It turns out that for over 50 years, I have held on to, in fact, I have nurtured, a ridiculous prejudice. I have always...
Jim McGuire: My hearth axe
I keep three tools on the hearth beside the woodstove. Along with the usual poker and ash shovel, there’s a short-handled hewing axe. I...
