Remember sacrifices made by members of the military Recently, the president of the United States spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He told a reporter that the U.S. didn't need NATO allies during the war in Afghanistan. How does any parent feel who lost a son or daughter ...
Owners should bear some costs for mall demo I read the Jan. 18 Point/Counterpoint columns from Dave Ball and Gary Stout in great detail. I myself wrote an editorial about this same subject a few months ago. Both men had some good viewpoints, but I still agree with Mr. Stout that half of the ...
A friend visiting from Europe told me this story. The village tavern sat at a crossroads where it got many travelers. One night three strangers were put together at a small corner table. There was a German, an Englishman, and a Russian. While they waited for their dinner to come the German ...
I had a lifelong friend who had polio. Our mothers met in the maternity ward when our older brothers were born. Jimmy had a wheelchair, which I thought was neat. One time he was so fragile that when nurses turned him over, they broke both his legs. One Halloween, he could stand on his own, ...
This is regarding Mike Jones’ “Final weekend Mass held at 150-year-old Sacred Heart Church in Claysville,” published Dec. 30. Eliminating the one Mass at Sacred Heart Church in Claysville is a decision that has been made when other options have been presented and denied. Sacred Heart ...
‘Ancient practices’ questioned Let’s be honest about “Ancient practices find new life in modern America” (Jan. 2). There is nothing truly Christian about those practices based on the Bible. Yes, the “Desert Fathers and Mothers” practiced silence and the “early Christian ...
