Part of my stumping strategy is: When I see a group, any group, of people gathered… And so it was the other Friday night along Old Rte. 30 in Cairo, Ohio, on the way to my kid’s away basketball game … Continue reading →
It was reported today that Elizabeth Warren has formed an “Exploratory Committee” to get a jump on the other potential Democratic presidential contenders. Not to be outdone, I declared a year ago and have been campaigning ever since. Part of … Continue reading →
Catching up on the rest of the month… For “Small Business Saturday,” I did a newspaper story on, well, small businesses in Bluffton. They are the backbone of our economy (some 70% of businesses are small businesses), and they are … Continue reading →
Pictured here is Rachel Mathewson. I just interviewed her for a newspaper article. She’s 42-years-old, the mother of seven — and has run the Boston Marathon twice, and counting. (She currently has her eyes set on “Boston 2020.”) I currently … Continue reading →
On March 18, 1942, four American Airacobra jets crashed together during a blinding snowstorm in a cluster of trees near a farmer’s field just southeast of the small town of Lafayette, Ohio. All four pilots were killed. I’d decided to … Continue reading →
I covered an Ada Village Council Meeting last night. As I write this, Trump is threatening a government shutdown. Conversely, this little village (pop. 4,000) seamlessly passed a new $11 million budget appropriation for fiscal 2019. No partisan haggling, nothing. … Continue reading →
I recently did a newspaper article about Ohio Northern University’s “Mobile Health Clinic.” Funded by federal and private grants (including money from ONU), university pharmacy students, and other volunteers, travel throughout a three county area giving flu shots, vitamins, cholesterol … Continue reading →
I was just reading in USA Today that Russia’s GDP is less than that of California’s. What’s more, their economy, right now, is hurting. While on the one hand, we continue to play geo-political chess with Russia over election hacking, … Continue reading →
I just did a newspaper story on Bluffton’s Allen and Diane Yoder. Each year for the past nine years, they have gone on “Road Scholar” learning vacations. The tour guides are local historians, college professors, and such. The Yoders just … Continue reading →