I love an excuse to go down a history rabbit hole — and believe me, the past couple of weeks have presented plenty of them. For me, fact-checking isn’t just about finding out whether someone said something earlier that day, or last week, it’s about digging into historical documentation ...

Following the 2024 election results, I suspect a lot of News and Sentinel readers aren’t going to be surprised to hear from me, though they may be a bit surprised at how I begin my submission. The first thing on my mind when the fog cleared a couple of days after election night was how many ...

In 2006, the Federal Government passed the Renewable Fuel Standard, and the Environmental Protection Agency was tasked with implementing it. It seemed like a great idea at the time – what could go wrong, producing biofuels from crops to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and prop up the ...

Growing up like many we always had a dog in the family that we loved very much and took good care of him. However, 60 years ago in Greece ready-made dog foods were not popular or easily to come by. I recall my mother going to the butcher store and getting bones to take home and boil for our ...

A few years ago, I was having a drink with Lyle, a friend, at the Greenbrier after a golf outing. We talked about our families. Lyle had been through some stuff. Years earlier his fiancee told him on New Year’s Eve, “I don’t love you anymore.” She ended their engagement. Lyle was ...

The word Thanksgiving is telling us the true meaning of giving and as we draw closer to Thanksgiving it becomes more evident. There is nothing more important or self satisfying than that giving and sharing with the less fortunate. Giving is something we must emphasize to our children and how ...