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Voting, the power of the people

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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 law. The Constitution gives states the authority to run elections (Article I, Section 4). There are 50 different plans and procedures happening on and before the National Election Day on Nov. 3, 2026. Ohio will have its Primary Election on Tuesday, May 5 to vote for candidates to be on the ...

Catholic Church in Marietta

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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 ...

Donkeys and elephants can’t lead us to Heaven, but the Lamb can

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By Mark Wilmoth The modern Democratic Party had its origin in 1828, rising from the remnants of the Democratic-Republican Party. Then Senator Martin Van Buren created a coalition of state organizations into the Democratic Party and helped get Andrew Jackson elected President that year. In the 1850s, the Republican Party emerged as the anti-slavery party, and the Republicans have been the Democrat’s main political rivals ever since. While the Democratic Party lays claim to being the oldest active political party, political rivalries have existed throughout history, often helping ...

OMAR and the Trolley

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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 ...

Beer helped lift country out of Depression

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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 ...

MOV Climate Corner: Yes, we have no bananas

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By Linda Eve Seth A banana is an elongated, edible fruit — botanically a berry — produced by several kinds of large treelike, herbaceous flowering plants. Bananas are the world’s most consumed fruit – and the fourth most important food crop globally, after wheat, rice and maize. About 80% of bananas grown globally are for local consumption, and more than 400 million people rely on the fruit for 15% to 27% of their daily calories. They are a staple food as well as a major export commodity for many tropical nations. Affordable and nutritious, bananas have long been a supermarket ...