Opinion


Where did the mental load come from?

I’ll never forget my folklore professor telling us during a class at Indiana University about how men and women were considered equal a century or more ago in the U.S….


Dear Muscular Dystrophy

By AMY SHINNEMAN Humbly Courageous A letter to Muscular Dystrophy on the eve of my 49th birthday. This has been a lifelong journey … Dear Muscular Dystrophy, At times you…


Grandpa’s Bible

“The tramp was an ill-kept, teenage youth who came to our door and hesitatingly asked Mother for something to eat,” Grandpa Howard began. It was another one of his many…


Happy bread, burnout soup

I was visiting an old friend and his mother when I learned he has a love/hate relationship with stone soup, but no respect for little red hens. And that, dear…


A microcosm of society

Sorry for my absenteeism from my column. I have taken the family on some nice family vacations starting off with visiting my Marine Corps son and then taking the family…


Risks of eating lots of red meat

Let’s take a look at healthy eating. A lot of red meat consumption is just not healthy. Many medical studies have associated eating red meat with diseases including diabetes, heart…