Are schools responsible for your child's sports injuries?

Parents love watching their child compete in a school sports uniform, but when their baby goes down with an injury on the playing field, pride can turn to panic and even anger at the coach or school. Are schools ever legally responsible for a student's injuries playing sports? Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Living with terrorism ...

Recently the media reported that the last U.S. combat brigade has left Iraq crossing the border into Kuwait. This marks a milestone since the war started over seven years ago. U.S. troops still occupy Iraq but in noncombat positions. Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Hardy bugs are eating up the mess

The disaster in the Gulf has been plenty grim. I don't envy paymaster Kenneth Feinberg who has now taken over BP's $20 billion compensation fund. Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Why did Eastern Local say 'No' to Race to the Top?

There are many grants each year for which school districts choose to apply and some grants that school districts choose not to apply. In 2009 the Eastern District applied for and was awarded a competitive 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant that resulted in Eastern receiving $850,000 between 2009 and 2013. Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Tales of our demise ...

Forgoing any last minute deals, PNC Bank was expected to close on a deal to purchase Brown Publishing Company, which owns The News Democrat and The Ripley Bee on Friday, Sept. 3. Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Letter: Time to throw the rascals out

There will always exist this bewilderment on the part of some politicians as to why the American public no longer put its trust in the promises of government to deliver the goods.

Persecuting a conciliator

If a YMCA or a YMHA were planned for 51 Park Place in Lower Manhattan, two blocks from the Twin Towers' former site, who would have noticed? Saturday, September 04, 2010

Mourning Robert Frost

After genetics has had its way with us, and after we are expelled from the womb somewhere around the day of our birth, much of the rest of our lives will be shaped by choices. Our choices. Saturday, September 04, 2010

Scanners: No place to hide

As the surveillance state expands around us, entangling us in a web from which there is no escape, what we used to call "privacy" is fast becoming a thing of the past. Saturday, September 04, 2010

Recovering from stroke

While vacationing recently at a Joni and Friends Family Retreat, which serves families affected by disability, I had a rather interesting experience.

Can the Reds pull it off?

Last week, I had this troubling dream. In the dream I went to see a doctor for "mental stress." I had become a basket case and I needed help. I couldn't sleep at night. I was walking the floor, drinking caffeine by the gallon, beating my wife and kicking the dog!

Great grandchild is on the way

Howdy Folks; Mark your calendar for the Clermont Senior Services' art, antique and collectible auction, to take place from 5 until 9:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 10. Wednesday, September 01, 2010

Letter: Shared Use Path funds received

On behalf of the RULH Middle School, I would like to announce that the school has received notification from the Ohio Department of Transportation that the Safe Routes to School Shared Use Path will officially begin groundbreaking on Sept. 7 and will be completed around mid-November for phase one. Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Final credit card law provisions go live

If you've ever paid a penalty for sending in your credit card payment late, the following news might spark your interest: On Aug. 22, 2010, the Federal Reserve Board implemented the third and final stage of the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009, which fundamentally changes how credit card agreements now operate. Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Five years after the storms

Five years after the devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the botched recovery effort that followed, Congress has yet to ensure that survivors of future disasters on the Gulf Coast or elsewhere won't face the nightmare that still prevents tens of thousands of former residents from returning to the Gulf states.