Boring, monotonous reruns
Letters to the Editor
Thankful for New Year event
Parents are the best experts
Son’s life or learning stymied
Early Christmas present
Typical attacks on tea party
Testament to good people
Editorials
“I, (insert name), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States ...
Friday, Nov. 11, “was the 51st Veterans Day that I have commemorated as an American military veteran. I have to confess that it hasn’t always been celebratory. It hasn’t always been easy.”
The voters have spoken. The election is over, and it is time to move forward. Whether your candidate won or lost, or you are happy are angry about issues, levies and bonds … look ahead not back. That is what makes our country great and helps sustain a thriving republic.
Depending on how many pages we publish each week, you’ll typically find somewhere in the neighborhood of 85,000 words in any given issue of the Chagrin Valley Times, Solon Times, or Geauga Times Courier.
I believe in free speech. I believe in the right for someone to voice their opinion, even if completely off-base, inaccurate & quite frankly, stupid but listening to a recent Munson resident regurgitate the exact same talking points from the corporate media started to wear on me.
In 1961 Judge Robert Ford signed the statute to create the Geauga Park District.
Stopping school shootings isn’t a Republican issue or a Democrat issue. The Senate seems to understand that – as evidenced by the serious efforts underway in that chamber to craft a bipartisan bill that addresses the root causes of these heartless crimes and directly improves the safety of o…
Columnists
There is no lack of reading material around here. We’re talking signs, some good and some bad. The good ones give us necessary information. The bad ones make us wonder about the human condition.
Regardless of whether some people in Geauga County like it, or even recognize it, their county is interconnected with neighboring Cuyahoga County. Of course, there are differences among counties, regardless of their situations, but neighbors have common interests.
We get to a certain point in life and figure all life’s questions have either been resolved to your satisfaction or they are no longer worth the effort to think about.
We call it “winter.” But as a descriptor, that word just doesn’t do justice to this time of year.
Recent events on Capitol Hill put a magnified focus on a Republican Party divided between its extreme right-wing minority and its somewhat less right-wing majority. Yes, there’s still that other minority faction of good-old-fashioned conservative GOP members who could be dumped like former U…
“I resolve to stop telling lies,” said no one ever. Why? Because we all lie, and sometimes it is necessary.
This being the time of year to reflect on the past 12 months, I must say that the recent “return to my roots” has been most gratifying as well as reflective.
The end is near. For 2022, that is.
By now, everyone knows the famous newspaper editorial “Yes, Virginia There is a Santa Claus,” inspired by skeptical eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon, who, in a letter to the New York Sun, asked the paper to confirm or deny rumors that he did not exist.
This being the time of year for season’s greetings and such, I’d like to extend my good wishes for U.S. Rep. David P. Joyce, a Republican from South Russell, to serve his constituents and country for another two years.