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OP-ED: We have too much stuff

"Not what we have but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.” –Epicurus Following an excess of holiday giving and receiving, many of us make New Year’s resolutions to tidy up the house and to discard what we no longer need. We also make solemn promises to organize all of our ...

OP-ED: Start the new year with optimism

It is a new year, and with that comes every level of challenge, every range of consternation, and absolutely all types of what-ifs. We all know what it is like to get on that scale on Jan. 1, when we hear that little voice emitting from our amygdala that says, “Will one of you please step ...

OP-ED: Casey says goodbye, but is it final?

David McCormick became a U.S. senator on Friday, the first day of business for the 119th Congress. A Republican, McCormick squeezed out a victory over the Democrat, Robert P. Casey Jr., the longtime incumbent whose political career goes back decades. Casey's father, the "real" Bob Casey, ...

OP-ED: Finding hope

I was baffled by the contrasting messages coming out of Syria, where rebel fighters overthrew Bashar al-Assad after decades of despotic rule, and from progressive Democrats following the recent election of Donald Trump. In Syria, the CBS news show, “60 Minutes,” interviewed exiled ...

Most state and local elected officials do not publicly comment on their brethren at the federal level, likely concluding that expressing an opinion would offend some of their constituents. Republican Washington County Commissioner Nick Sherman is not a part of that group. He expresses his ...