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Editor’s Notes: One foot in front of the other

Well, I did NOT go running down the big hill with my arms waving Muppet-style while yelling “Wheeeee!” but I did manage to finish this year’s News and Sentinel Half Marathon five minutes (ish) faster than last year – and ahead of 29 whole people! (The people who crossed the finish ...

Op-ed: Clearing up politicized myths on socialism

Every time the word “socialism” rises up in the public lexicon and reenters the zeitgeist, the myth machine goes into overdrive. The authoritarian right and so-called “moderate” or “centrist” Democrats and others like them engage in delusional scaremongering and spread all the ...

Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Corner: Root of all evil

When I hear the assertion that we are in a race with China to build up our artificial intelligence capacity it makes me wonder where this level of concern was when we were handing over the keys to the electric car and the renewable energy that powers it to China. In recent weeks I’ve tuned ...

Kiki’s Corner: Time, kindness, strength and determination

Time is the most important and precious gift. We don’t see it; neither we can stop it or get it back once it’s gone, and that is the reason that time is so valuable. Remember, always use your time in a good way. Manage it well, and respect time. Successful people value time. They make ...

Cracking the Code: Our superpower

One of my concerns on our U.S. Commercial Services Roadshow trip to Turkey earlier this year was language. I do not know any Turkish. In Istanbul and Ankara, the presentations were in English or they had a headset with a translator. In Koceali, our second stop, everything except our afternoon ...

MOV Parent: Students, it’s August. The ball is in your court.

Hello August! I’m sure all the parents are excited to see their kids going back to school. At the same time, the children are not ready to go and face the hot classrooms. August is a month of new beginnings and preparing all the students to go to the next grade and learn as much that they ...