By Kiki Angelos As it gets closer to saying goodbye to the year 2025, this is the perfect time to teach our children some new things to follow in 2026. Build their confidence. Teach problem-solving skills. Teach them emotional intelligence. Show them kindness and empathy. Also ...
By Dee Wells Arnold If you want to know if we should be worried about safe drinking water in Washington County, let me share some information: 1. Volume of waste being injected There is no oil/gas fracking taking place in Washington County; rather, due to the onslaught of Class II injection wells, we are becoming a dumping ground for toxic, radioactive waste. We are ranked second in the state for the most waste being brought into a county. Washington County has 17 active Class ll waste injection wells, with two more recently permitted but not yet drilled. To gain context, Ohio ...
It’s two weeks to Christmas. My wife’s phone displays two notifications about gift orders from Amazon. It reminds me how different Christmas and gift giving is from decades past. Amazon, the second largest retailer in the world, is more well known than its namesake, the largest river in ...
Well, it’s that time of year. Cookies start appearing everywhere, on your desk, in your mailbox, in trays all over the place. So many cookies, so many options. All (almost) Christmas cookies look delicious. They just don’t always taste that way, at least for me. Call me Ebenezer ...
If you paid any attention at all to COP 30, the United Nations Climate Change Conference held last month in Belem, Brazil, you probably know about what didn’t happen: the United States refused to send an official delegation, petro-states led by Saudi Arabia and Russia fought to protect their fossil fuel interests, and the final set of recommendations issued by the conference failed to include a roadmap for the elimination of fossil fuels. But COP 30 was not the total failure some in the media have claimed. True, we are not where we need to be, and the government and business ...
By Mark Wilmoth Did you ever wonder why Jesus taught his disciples to pray, “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one” (Matthew 6:13, NIV)? Why should that prayer be necessary? After all, why would a holy God who does not want his children to sin ever lead them into temptation? Besides, doesn’t James 1:13-14 say “When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed.” Part of the problem in ...
