Opinion

Presidential Campaigns I have been around a long time and I have spent many hours over the years listening and watching the campaigns for the election of president of the United States. Most campaigns have issues and that is expected as for every issue there are two sides to every story. But the story of…

Not on my tax dollar! As I watched the coverage of all the protests on college campuses brought about over the attack on Israel last October by Hamas, I am shocked by the anti Jewish hate in this country. Horrified, would be a better word to use. One of the things that bothers me is…

Protests are our way of life! During my long life, I have watched the news everyday and time hardly goes by without there being some sort of protest. Most are just regional or local events and a lot of them come to some sort of end without death, destruction, looting or burning. But, then there…

Biden needs to be more proactive! President Joe Biden needs to take the lead and calm the country and the protesters who have become more violent as the war in Israel enters its seventh month. It seems to me that the president is riding the fence and trying to please all sides of the on…

Birthday Party! It’s always great when family and friends can get together and celebrate a family members birthday. It is especially great when that celebration is for a young member of the family. It was so on Saturday; I first traveled to the Klatt Family Farm in Stanton Township to enjoy their annual pancake breakfast…

Will there ever be peace on earth? Last week with all the protest on going at places of higher education, the thought I had was about the Nobel Peace Prize and the work done by those people trying to strive for a world free of wars. But, those students who shout “death to Israel, death…

I am old enough to remember when Pluto was a planet! I am old enough to remember when living in this society was of great joy. You knew who lived in the house next to you and also who lived down the street.  We all gathered together in our back yards to discuss the doings…

Trump could pull off the greatest comeback in history! The following is a piece that was published in The Capitol Guardian on March 27th. It was written by Paul F. Petrick, an attorney in Cleveland, Ohio. “Having secured sufficient delegates to become the first thrice-nominated Republican presidential candidate since Richard Nixon and the only person…

Got my ducks in a row! I drive a Jeep and over the past couple of years, as I have returned to my Jeep in some parking lot, I find a little rubber duck attached to the door handle of my jeep. Last Thursday evening, my grandson, Zach, and I were enjoying a hamburger at…