Natural food is naturally suspect
Given the amount of preservatives most baby boomers have eaten over the course of our lives, we are not going to require embalming. We’re...
Supporting Ohio communities during a pandemic
In the middle of this public health crisis, I am in constant communication with Governor DeWine, Ohio Health Director Dr. Amy Acton, and other...
Jim McGuire: Riffin’ robin sings of spring
The morning was mild and wonderfully sunny, the sky a vast streaked canopy of gleaming blue with luminous clouds. White trunks on the big...
The Fitbit dictator
About 14 months ago, our son gave me a Fitbit device as a present. He did this because I had spent time, apparently too...
Virus shows us we’re not as smart as we think we are
It took a microscopic organism, a bat and a weird scaly anteater to remind humans that we aren’t as smart as we think.I don’t...
Truth in advertising
The title is off by one word. This isn’t about truth in advertising. It concerns truth about advertising. At the risk of sounding like...
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...
