Early Marietta David B.Baker The Catholic Church identifies as the first Christian Church, but it was not the first in the Ohio Country. Most early settlers in Marietta and southeast Ohio were Protestants from New England. The James Archer family in Noble County, Ohio, is said to be the ...

By Gina Mannarino Antarctica, known as the South Pole, is the coldest, windiest and most remote of the seven continents. Its name comes from the Greek meaning “opposite to the bear.” It has no native peoples and no polar bears but is home to about five million penguins. Whales, seals and ...

Living Democracy Betsy Cook “We the People,” the three most important words in the Constitution, gave the power to govern to the people. That had never been done before. The right to vote is the most powerful tool citizens of the United States have to protect our democracy and the rule of ...

By Mark Wilmoth More than 300 years before Christ, the Greek philosopher Aristotle said, “Anybody can become angry – that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way, that is not easy!” Society ...

The Way I See It Art Smith When Franklin Roosevelt took office on March 4, 1933, he wasted little time getting down to business. The sweeping changes he made would help steer the country out of the Depression and back to work. He also made sure they could drink a beer if they wanted ...

Early Marietta David B.Baker Comedian George Carlin used to say that people or things he did not like should be “phased out,” for example, people who attempt to harmonize the final refrain when singing Happy Birthday. He was not wishing people dead; it was just his amusing way of ...