Opinion

Finding the love within
Commercial television is teasing the viewing audience with shows such as “Sister Wives,” “Seeking Sister Wife,” “Married...

Thank you all, from the bottoms of our hearts
My mom came for the ice cream; she stayed because she fell in love.Forty-five years ago, my mother and father brought their burgeoning family from Cin...

Here’s to you, Mr. Robinson
One of my childhood heroes, Frank Robinson, died last week.Frank’s name might not be all that familiar to young people today. But to me back in ...

Driving in a winter wonderland
On the evening of Thursday, Jan. 31, Troy was hit with its largest snowfall of this winter season. The weather that followed was fairly typical of Ohi...

Have a ball being princess for a day
This Saturday, Fields of Grace Worship Center will once again be hosting their fifth annual Princess Ball. Cinderella will be the special guest of hon...

Owning up to horrible actions
First, we had Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam confessing to being in either blackface or a Ku Klux Klan robe in a photo on his medical school yearbook pag...

Free, black and 21
I ran into a twenty-something fellow wearing a T-shirt that said “I love being black.” I had a wave of fond nostalgia remembering how my m...

Every life tells a story
When you find yourself saying, “I wish I had asked Gramps about that day on the beaches of Normandy,” it’s time to write your own st...

Going around in circles over traffic
If you’re going to have friends (and I strongly recommend that you do), have friends that are smart and helpful. I am lucky enough to have sever...

A missed opportunity
A few months ago, I wrote a column about the shocking and untimely death of one of my former assistant basketball coaches at Wittenberg University, La...