Lifestyles
A Good Person | Movie Review
Who doesn’t go to a movie starring Morgan Freeman and expect certain things? We expect to always love the character he’s playing. There is the expectation...
Lifestyles
Is this normal? | Mark’s Remarks
When you get to a certain age, people coming to you and asking for an opinion is rare.
You see, we get in the mode...
Lifestyles
A suggestion to Congress | Ott Observations
By now, our newly elected House of Representatives has gotten organized for action. A House Speaker has been elected and committee assignments have been...
Lifestyles
Idols | Mark’s Remarks
I dropped one of my kids at an activity once and wheeled around in the parking lot to head back the way I’d arrived.
As...
For Your Health
Understanding prostate cancer screening and prevention | For Your Health
By Dr. Graham A. Colditz
Siteman Cancer Center
Prostate cancer isn’t a pleasant topic to think about. But at the same time, it’s a cancer that...
Lifestyles
Champions | Movie Review
I was hoping that the new movie “Champions" starring Woody Harrelson and directed by Bobby Farrelly would do good things for the community of...
Lifestyles
Need to know basis | Mark’s Remarks
System overload.
All I can say is this is the reason as I grow older, I no longer have a need for superfluous information...
Lifestyles
Public-private joint efforts | Ott Observations
I’ve been thinking about President Biden’s proposals to help students with college debt.
I do believe there is a real problem with the costs of...
Lifestyles
Cleared schedules and memory loss | Mark’s Remarks
I think we all might have been created with the innate ability to crave solitude and peace. And clear schedules.
What do you think?...
Lifestyles
Food nostalgia | Mark’s Remarks
I wax nostalgic over just about anything.
Lately, it seems I’ve had several conversations with people about the foods we used to eat all the...
Lifestyles
Valuing adaptivity | Ott Observations
For the first time in a long time, our newly seated Congress has less than 50 percent of its members coming from the “Baby...
Lifestyles
Feeling dumb | Mark’s Remarks
I have been a genealogist of sorts since I was a little kid. I would sit at my grandma’s kitchen table and jot down...
