Saturday, February 14, 2026

Editor: Your unsigned article ( Electoral College: Outdated or necessary evil?, March 20, 2008) on the Electoral College considered only two possibilities: Either it is...

Around Farm and Dairy, it pays to listen to Rilla Gruber

Editor: I do not believe the Geauga County Fair Board handled the steer situation in their county in a wise manner. Before this situation in...

Editor: Ah, it’s all over with. The Republican party has chosen John McCain as its probable nominee. Now we won’t have to listen to Ron...

What's up with the farm bill? Why is it taking so long to finalize? Why is the president threatening to veto it?

Editor: In the recent past, we have been overwhelmed by activists, the media and political leaders concerning the 50 million people in this country who...

Editor: No organization in America discriminates against religion more than the American Civil Liberties Union. This infamous group has launched a systematic war against...

At last week's retirement open house for Jefferson County Extension Director Ken Simeral, OSU Extension retiree Joe Pittman observed, "I've always said there are good agents, there are average agents and there are those who should be working someplace else.

When I opened the computer file that holds the farm calendar of events we print each week, I glanced at the little numbers that tell me how long the file is in column-inch terms.

Entrepreneur and author Seth Godin calls himself "an agent of change." His books on marketing are as thought-provoking as their titles are entertaining: Meatball Sundae: Is Your Marketing out of Sync? is his most recent effort.