It was the autumn of 1970, and I was trying to recover from my first broken heart. The first half of the year had been wonderful. Beginning in December 1969, as I came of age, I was involved with a girl for the first time. We went together all through the winter and spring, and …
Jesus wept. It’s the shortest verse in the Bible, and it’s intended in part to show Christ’s humanity. In recent years, it has also become a symbol of extreme frustration or annoyance. It wouldn’t surprise me a bit if Jesus occasionally weeps to see some of the things that are being said and done in …
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Wellington, Ohio? I spent 10 years of my childhood living in Ohio, and I never heard of a town called Wellington. It’s a village of 4,802 people in north central Ohio, roughly 20 miles south of Lake Erie. It’s about 50 miles from Crestline, a town of about the same size where my grandparents lived. …
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Onward and upward to the finish line. Part 2 of the Bucket List: N — I spent a week in Nashville in 1984 covering the Southeastern Conference basketball tournament (Kentucky won), but as was too often the case for me in those days, I didn’t use the opportunity to see the sights of my destination. …
I have no idea when I first heard the term “bucket list” as a description of things to accomplish before one’s days among the living come to an end. I know my daughter made one when she was in high school, and knowing Pauline, she will have checked off a good number of items in …
If there was ever a president famous for being thin-skinned, it was the Milhous guy. Richard Nixon seemed always to be thinking people were speaking about him behind his back, and after a while, they were. But even Nixon occasionally showed some humanity. In fact, there was some speculation that his cameo on Rowan and …
“Who am I? And how do I get to Detroit?” This is a line from comedian Richard Pryor, in which he speculated on the first words spoken by ancient man. Most scientists who don’t believe that Jesus had a pet dinosaur or that global warming isn’t just God hugging us a little tighter now believe …
One of the biggest long-term stories I covered in three decades as a newspaperman was the housing market. There aren’t many subjects that have had more effect on American society — or on the ever-increasing gap between top and bottom — than housing. Buying a house at the opportune time or selling at the top …
I was listening in the background last night as my wife watched CNN’s “Assault on Democracy” special on Donald Trump’s effort to steal victory from the jaws of defeat in the 2020 election. I try very hard to avoid television news and commentary, especially when it comes to Trump. Maybe it’s my age, but it …
Not all progress is progress. Television, for example. Back in the late ’50s, the time of my earliest memories of TV, we watched on smallish black and white sets. There were usually only three channels to choose from, and you could only watch shows when the networks had them scheduled. There was no Tivo, no …
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