R-T Columns
Skin, gowns and resolutions | Mark’s Remarks
Warning: the mental pictures created in this column may be disturbing to some. Viewer discretion is advised. If you are like me, you start to dread certain annual things. I’m…
Read MoreThankful for the tail end | Mark’s Remarks
I really grew up on the tail end of things. I mean, I seemed to be at the end of an “age” and the beginning of another at times. I’m…
Read MoreA path to reduce abortion | Ott Observations
A friend of mine recently asked me why I was for abortion. I told him I wasn’t. He got a puzzled look and said that was what I said in…
Read MoreIdentifying | Mark’s Remarks
It never ceases to amaze me how the rumor mill works in our small communities. In my opinion, people don’t have enough to do. Or, talking about others and discussing…
Read MoreThe power of fear | Mark’s Remarks
You’ve heard the Franklin Delano Roosevelt quote over and over. “We have nothing to fear, but fear itself.” We hear it and say “Yeah, yeah. Heard it before.” But…
Read MoreNoticing progress (and those opposed to it) | Ott Observations
I spent the past few weeks on a vacation, driving to the east coast and back. There were road construction delays on virtually every highway I traveled. Rather than…
Read MoreSpooky stories again | Mark’s Remarks
I think I have shared, over the years a bunch of personal and passed-down stories that serve to raise the hairs on the back of the neck. The stories I…
Read MoreShedding Light on Family History and Cancer Risk | For Your Health
Dr. Graham A. Colditz Siteman Cancer Center If you ask some of your friends to name three things that increase the risk of cancer, it’d be likely that some version…
Read MoreNegligence and abuse; subtle or not so subtle? | Mark’s Remarks
en we think of abuse, we immediately think of the physical; things we can see. We hear about and experience stories of abuse. It’s all around us. In this…
Read MoreThe Jekyll and Hyde voter | Ott Observations
A couple of recent national surveys got me thinking about how disconnected our voting ideology can be from what we really want. The Pew Research Center found that only…
Read MoreManners, ad nauseum | Mark’s Remarks
I think I’ve written about manners and the way people behave way too much over the years. I’m starting to get a little tired of myself, actually. But heck. What…
Read MoreNot a Sunday drive | Mark’s Remarks
Back in the late fall or early winter of 1993, Michelle and I were an engaged couple who often took drives around the city or to places we wanted to…
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