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Opinion

It’s Now Cool To Chill Out

Local Commentaries

Back in the 1960s, people were side-eyeing things like meditation, yoga, and “finding your inner self” as if someone had just suggested chatting with their toaster. Fast forward to now, and suddenly everyone has a morning mindfulness routine, a favorite breathwork app, and a strong opinion ...

Resurrection Delivers Hope To All

In Our Opinion

Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of ...

Readers’ Forum

Letters To The Editor

No Kings Protests Are Singular In Purpose To The Readers’ Forum: The “No Kings” protests are singular in purpose — to reclaim our endangered republic from the rising plutocracy in America. After the Constitutional Convention in 1787, while Benjamin Franklin was walking out of ...

Expensive Round Trip To Priceless Laughter

Local Commentaries

I was backing out of a downtown parking space when something flashed on my dashboard. The mileage calculator changed to a wrench. OMG. What’s wrong? This is not good. It was late Tuesday, and I was leaving for Dayton Thursday morning. I was heading for the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop ...

Spring Construction Starts On Bridge

Local Commentaries

If you have driven over the Chautauqua Lake Bridge lately, there are signs that spring construction work has started. The wooden railing along the centerline of the bridge to protect workers as they walk has been completed, cranes have started to put platform barges back into the water, ...

Protest? Why Bother?

Local Commentaries

At ‘No Kings’ rally all the way back in June last year, I stood at the corner of 6th and Washington holding a sign that read: “If you care more about someone’s legal status than his 34 felonies, you might want to check your humanity.” The truth behind those words is worth repeating. ...