by Lamar Wadsworth | Aug 12, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
The old gray-haired Bapto-Appalachian-American preacher is pondering Isaiah 56:5, “I will give, in my house and within my walls, a monument and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that shall not be cut off” (NRSV). ...
by Jamie Marich | Jul 30, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
“A woman who hasn’t birthed her own children has no business being President of the United States. How can she possibly care about the future of this country if she has no biological stake in it? Maybe we’ll give her credit if she adopted children. But stepparenting...
by Erin Albin Hill | Jun 27, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
My husband and I are often asked when we are having a second child. While maybe not the most appropriate question, I assume they are asking with good intentions. And also because they see how wonderfully cute our son Jameson is and think the world needs more of that....
by Jack Moline | Oct 4, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
Gone are the days when newspapers would run regular columns by humorists. One of those writers was the practitioner of another extinct profession: housewife. Her name was Erma Bombeck. Among my favorite quotations of hers is, “One thing they never tell you about...
by Mitch Randall | Jun 22, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
The Randalls gathered in Hanover, New Hampshire, last week to celebrate my youngest son’s graduation from Dartmouth College. We had a delightful time with friends and family, basting in the scorching heat on the “Dartmouth Green” while watching a few thousand...
