Columns
David Trinko: Why the newspaper keeps reporting numbers
The old adage says numbers never lie.According to plenty of internet comments over the past two years, they lied to you nearly daily.If you’re a...
John Grindrod: Some thoughts on clutter, both at work and at home
While working as a quality inspector for Mid-American Cleaning Contractors, I make my way through a wide swath of workspaces, both workers’ cubi...
Today, we are all Ukrainian
A few weeks ago, I wrote about Wilmington developing sister-city relationships with three communities in Ukraine. As I wrote that column, Russian forc...
John Grindrod: Reflections on Landon and his early February visit
During my teaching days, I always enjoyed doing with my classes John Greenleaf Whittier’s 1866 narrative poem “Snowbound: A Winter Idyl,&#...
Preserving African American burial grounds, protecting Ohio history
A few years ago, I joined community leaders in Cincinnati to visit Union Baptist Cemetery, one of the most historic African American burial grounds in...
Appreciating the nice guys
One of the things I’ve always liked about watching football is what a team sport it is.For me, the Super Bowl was always the greatest showcase o...
Tackling the semiconductor chip shortage
Semiconductor chips are one of the most important inputs in the modern manufacturing process. And over the past year, Ohio manufacturers have faced se...
Hail to those special groundhogs
Each year, I have to chuckle as Feb. 2 approaches, for it’s on that day that a rodent perceived as a pest by most for the rest of the 364 days o...
Building memories and a treehouse
At the far end of Maple Street in Germantown was a narrow strip of woods between two cornfields. That skinny bit of woods led down to Twin Creek about...
Burying the term ‘Rust Belt’
I joined Senator Portman and leadership from Intel in Columbus recently to announce that 10,000 good-paying, advanced manufacturing jobs are coming to...
