Opinion

Dreams Dreams are weird, but for some people more so than others. I’ve had friends and family tell me about dreams where they can fly, where they tran...

The OKC Thunder Most times in sports, great teams aren’t appreciated until they’re done. For years, I rooted against teams like Tom Brady’s Patriots o...

Josh Allen I thought I was from a crazy sports town, and particularly a crazy football town, growing up in Cleveland, Ohio. But here, Josh Allen is al...

Too much tourism Tourism is generally a welcome way to strengthen our economies. It generates revenue, supports local businesses, creates employment o...

Doc Rivers One recurring conversation that tends to come up, you know, once in a while in life is who should be able to call themselves a doctor. Do t...

Randolph’s firemen The Randolph Fire Company held its annual firemen’s banquet last Saturday, and I had the privilege to attend. The community is very...

Spring planting In Western New York, the April freeze and snowshower is not a surprise, and yet it has interrupted my plans to begin getting the yard ...

Do something, Cavs Having grown up in Cleveland, Ohio, I was raised to be a Cavs fan. I got to see some of LeBron’s first stint with the Cavs, The Dec...

Rural free delivery We have taken mail delivery for granted for countless years. I have never thought about it in my lifetime. When the mail comes, I ...

The American Woodcock The other night, coming home around dusk, I heard one of my favorite sounds of spring — the mating call of the American Woodcock...

Vague prayer requests One of my pet peeves is when people post a heart-wrenching message on Facebook and other social media begging for prayers, but w...

The Masters Opening Day for baseball, the NCAA championships, road work on the highways. People decide when spring is truly here in many ways, but for...

Nature sightings One of the nice things about living in a rural area and commuting to work is the amount of wildlife I tend to see each week. Nearly e...

1969 Westerns Last week on the SiriusXM radio station, I heard the songs “Born to Be Wild” and “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head,” two songs that see...

Is March Madness dead? For the second straight year, no mid-majors in college basketball made the Sweet 16. Every team seeded 13th through 16th lost a...

Easter outfits Whatever happened to Easter outfits? I’m remembering the days from my childhood when most people dressed up in their Easter finery for ...

Rock history We’re in a bit of an in-between time for heavy news periods, so with nothing else jumping to mind, let’s take another trip down memory la...

April Fools Day April Fools Day is coming up, and it’s an outdated holiday. We’ve reached a point, especially on social media, where a great deal of i...