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Effects of bullying can last a lifetime

When we watch media reports showing adults using bullying tactics to fuel division in this country, how can we not expect bullying at every level of our society? If we want our children to be kind, they need to see kindness at work around them. If we want our children to accept others, we must ...

Older adults at particular risk of food poisoning

Editor’s note: The following column was originally published July 4, 2020. 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 and ...

Honor for our veterans

I, —————, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United Sates and the ...

The power of positive thinking

Norman Vincent Peale wrote The Power of Positive Thinking in 1952, a self-help book about the power of thinking positively and finding a “happy, satisfying, and worthwhile life.” As we can see, negativity is not a recent development, but is a part of the human condition, an issue that has ...

About moms, beginning with mine

Today, I am going to talk about mothers, mine in particular. I hope you will indulge me. We lost Mom in late summer 2011. There isn’t a day that I don’t remember her for something good she did in my life. Maybe you think about the wonders of your own mother and how she influenced your life ...

Visiting Angels: Know the signs of a stroke by acting FAST

Editor’s note: The following column was originally published May 23, 2020. ——— 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 ...

Be a difference maker

“Everyone needs someone,” Jim Stitt said to his team. The Education Department of Family Recovery Center’s Columbiana and Jefferson county offices gathered Monday morning for an exercise designed to be, not just fun, but to learn more about each other and also to get outside and make a ...

Stepping up in a despairing world

Sometimes headlines grab our attention with shocking effects: How can this be so? Columbiana County kids at higher risk for mental health problems (WKBN – Sept. 29, 2022), OHSU researchers find startling increase in suicide attempts by preteen children nationwide (Oregon Health and Science ...

Biden mistake could end America’s solar industry

President Biden has talked a lot about “Made in America”—and creating 10 million clean energy jobs. However, he’s just made a serious error for America’s solar manufacturing industry that poses grave consequences for the nation’s energy future, including a greater dependence on ...

America’s power grid is facing real trouble

There are two reasons why consumers experience a power outage. The first is obvious: a storm comes along and knocks down trees and power lines. That’s what typically happens. But there’s now a second reason for power outages in the United States—there simply isn’t enough electricity to ...