by Mitch Randall | Nov 11, 2021 | Opinion
Second Lieutenant Ernest Childers was the first Indigenous person awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor during World War II. This is the highest military honor for valor in the U.S., awarded to only 3,525 soldiers since its establishment in 1861. Childers was a...
by Ken Sehested | Nov 11, 2020 | Opinion
Veterans Day doesn’t lend itself to commercial attention like its twin, Memorial Day. This is probably because it’s squeezed between two other cash-registering holidays, Halloween and Thanksgiving, and it does not coincide with a car-cultural observance like the Indy...
by Ken Sehested | Nov 11, 2019 | Opinion
Veterans Day doesn’t lend itself to commercial attention like its first cousin, Memorial Day. That’s probably because it’s squeezed between two other cash-registering holidays, Halloween and Thanksgiving, and it does not coincide with a car-cultural observance like...
by Christopher Schilling | Nov 9, 2018 | Opinion
I began a new call as a hospital chaplain in northwest Ohio a few months ago. One of the most significant aspects of this calling is the opportunity to converse with my patients (most are in their 70s and 80s) about their life experiences. Working with patients,...
by Charles McGathy | Nov 8, 2017 | Opinion
I am one of 22 million veterans who comprise 1.3 percent of the population of the United States. Most of us have served in times of war. Today, the largest number of living veterans served in Vietnam, followed closely by those of us who served in one or both of the...
