My family welcomed the arrival of a new baby a couple of days after Christmas. As Alex was passed from one to another, I watched the care and love on each face, the gentleness in the way they held him, the easy smiles that lit up eyes and uplifted hearts. It is so natural to trust, to allow ...
An American mining renaissance is within reach. Congress and the Biden administration have worked to support development of the secure, reliable, and responsible mineral supply chains that our economy, energy future, and national security demand. But for all the momentum to rebuild and ...
Build a worry wall. Replace it with an optimism wall. In case you hadn’t noticed, I tend to promote positive-thinking and hope. You may or may not recall Pandora’s box. According to Greek myth, Pandora was the first woman on Earth, created by the gods. (By the way, her name means “the ...
We are on the other side of the Deep Freeze of December 2022. We are ready to close the book that was written over the year. And do you remember Y2K and the fear that the world was coming to an end? How much has changed in the last quarter of a century! But babies continue to be born. ...
Editor’s note: The following column was originally published Jan. 1, 2022. ——— Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase in life expectancy also brings an increase in the number of diseases, injuries ...
On a shelf in my home is a football bearing the logo of the Pittsburgh Steelers. It also bears a simple autograph: “Franco Harris 32.” I must openly admit I committed a grave sin of professional journalism in getting that ball autographed many years ago. It was the only time in my career ...
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, the lone statewide officeholder elected as a Democrat, has a target on his back. Brown, D-Cleveland, is up for re-election in 2024 in a state that has swung significantly in favor of Republicans in the past decade and particularly since Donald Trump was elected ...
Self-care isn’t selfish. So why do so many of us feel guilty when we attend to the things we require for our personal well-being? In a recent webinar, “Soar with Self-Care: Refuel Your Well Being,” hosted by Advocates for Human Potential Inc., the facilitators led the participants to ...
A proposal that would make it harder for citizen-initiated amendments to the Ohio Constitution to become law is drawing opposition from several organizations. Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican, and state Rep. Brian Stewart, R-Ashville, recently announced they would seek to get ...
Do you feel appreciated? What does that mean to you? How many times have you heard someone say, “I’m working on my attitude of gratitude”? What are they saying? What has happened to our world that has so adversely affected so many of us? Appreciation: Recognition and enjoyment of the ...