Letters to the Editor

The Native Americans, who lived in balance with Creation, did not take more than they needed. They lived within their tribe with equality, each giving as they received. As the world changed, the Hopi Indians had a term called Koyaanisqasti to describe, “Life out of balance.” We are living with the consequences of this imbalance […]

It’s one of the oldest stories in the book: rivals coming together for a common cause. That’s exactly what happened in Mansfield over the course of the last 4 weeks. Crosstown baseball rivals, Mansfield Christian and Mansfield Senior High, saw their head coaches partner up to lead a USA Baseball Academy backed youth skills camp. […]

Citizens in Ohio, the 17th state admitted to the United States of America, must take a stand against past, present, or future censorship. Let each American and Ohioan decide what she/he wants to read by using critical thinking skills. The citizens of America and Ohio are not illiterate, stupid, or unable to make choices on […]

Ohio loses five people every day to suicide and, in the wake of these deaths, families and friends are left with the numbing pain and never-ending grief that no one should have to endure. My family and I are those people. We lost our successful and accomplished 33-year-old daughter/sister, Dani, to suicide in 2019. Finding […]

COVID-19 has brought us to a crisis crossroads. It’s that real; it’s that true. We are worried. Each of our communities, every household, and every business have made sacrifices and difficult choices to stay safe. Still, here we are. We are astonished at what could be the largest surge yet in this almost two-year fight […]

Although I am no longer in the state legislature, I am proud of my former colleagues’ recent work to protect local businesses and their employees. The Ohio legislature’s recent passage of the “Business Fairness Act” corrects one of the government’s biggest missteps during the Covid-19 pandemic. Nearly all sectors of the economy were harmed by […]

COVID has proven that restaurants cannot stay stagnant. We must always be looking for ways to innovate our service, menu and experience. We need to stay in tune with what matters to our guests. In the post-COVID world, that means investing and re-investing in new supplies, training and physical upgrades. I believe those costs could […]

Regarding two March articles that the Richland Source had online, ”Mansfield’s second annual Transgender Day of Visibility calls on community to ‘lead with love’,” on 3/31, and ”Equality Act is a Trojan Horse,” 3/5, couldn’t be more different in how they see LGBTQ+ people. LGBTQ+ people have the right to work, live, and access public […]

The motto that I live by and will lead by in the U.S. Senate was once written by the Preacher Oswald Chambers: “When you fear God, you fear nothing else.” Oswald Chambers wrote his first book in Ohio over 100 years ago and his words still ring true today. Similarly, the Hebrew bible, given to […]

This year, I voted in Ohio using the Absentee Voting process. Without requesting one, the Ohio Secretary of State’s office sent me an Absentee Ballot Request form which I could either complete and submit or ignore if I planned to vote in person. Since I chose to vote absentee, I completed and mailed the form […]