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Brown facing uphill 2024 re-election bid

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

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 ...

Ohio ballot proposal creates a big backlash

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 ...

Your attitude of gratitude is good for you

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...