• Rory Ryan 5 January 2014

    Let THEM eat cake; we must have our daily bread

    Here in the Buckeye State we adhere to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, specifically, the Our Father: Give us this day our daily bread…
  • Rory Ryan 5 January 2014
    Let THEM eat cake; we must have our daily bread
    Here in the Buckeye State we adhere to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, specifically, the Our Father: Give us this day our daily bread…
  • Rory Ryan 3 January 2014
    America's middle class forgotten (again)
    As political years go, 2013 is one in which we all ought to say a collective “good riddance.”
  • Rory Ryan 3 January 2014
    America's middle class forgotten (again)
    As political years go, 2013 is one in which we all ought to say a collective “good riddance.”
  • Rory Ryan 31 December 2013
    What are they afraid of?
    What are Ohio lawmakers afraid of and why are they so afraid that many – if not the vast majority of them – no longer exercise that simplest of tasks, like providing a weekly newspaper column for their constituents?
  • Rory Ryan 31 December 2013
    What are they afraid of?
    What are Ohio lawmakers afraid of and why are they so afraid that many – if not the vast majority of them – no longer exercise that simplest of tasks, like providing a weekly newspaper column for their constituents?
  • Rory Ryan 26 December 2013
    America needs more self-made businessmen
    Gratuitous sarcasm aside, a few of us old-timers in the world of private-sector business appreciate the Alger idea and, moreover, we appreciate the occasional super-success stories of people like Harold Hamm.
  • Rory Ryan 26 December 2013
    America needs more self-made businessmen
    Gratuitous sarcasm aside, a few of us old-timers in the world of private-sector business appreciate the Alger idea and, moreover, we appreciate the occasional super-success stories of people like Harold Hamm.
  • Rory Ryan 25 December 2013
    Christmas time will always be special
    His family has now had 24 Christmases without him, but his lessons and his love stay with them all. He taught them how to cherish this time, and how special it is. He made sure his family always had a good Christmas. He was always home for Christmas.
  • Rory Ryan 25 December 2013
    Christmas time will always be special
    His family has now had 24 Christmases without him, but his lessons and his love stay with them all. He taught them how to cherish this time, and how special it is. He made sure his family always had a good Christmas. He was always home for Christmas.
  • Rory Ryan 25 December 2013
    Christmas time will always be special
    His family has now had 24 Christmases without him, but his lessons and his love stay with them all. He taught them how to cherish this time, and how special it is. He made sure his family always had a good Christmas. He was always home for Christmas.
  • Rory Ryan 19 December 2013
    Linus understands what Christmas is all about
    I suppose that I have watched “A Charlie Brown Christmas” at least a hundred times. That little message from the blanket-toting Linus always steals the show. 
  • Rory Ryan 19 December 2013
    Linus understands what Christmas is all about
    I suppose that I have watched “A Charlie Brown Christmas” at least a hundred times. That little message from the blanket-toting Linus always steals the show. 
  • Rory Ryan 13 December 2013
    Friday the 13th isn't all bad
    The "Man Who Won the War" is U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Paul Tibbets, who not only piloted the Enola Gay to Hiroshima, Japan in 1945, but also supervised 1,800 servicemen in Wendover, Nevada just across the Utah state line in a top-secret mission of all military missions.
  • Rory Ryan 13 December 2013
    Friday the 13th isn't all bad
    The "Man Who Won the War" is U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Paul Tibbets, who not only piloted the Enola Gay to Hiroshima, Japan in 1945, but also supervised 1,800 servicemen in Wendover, Nevada just across the Utah state line in a top-secret mission of all military missions.
  • Rory Ryan 7 December 2013
    Republicans begin the next round of 'what if...'
    As one political season comes to an end, another one is about to begin in earnest. Sadly, that's the way it is these days with political seasons: They last longer than a strike-free NHL season and eliminate about the same percentage of candidates as the NHL eliminates teams.
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