No, I am not actually snowed in, but it feels like it. Now do not get me wrong. I do not mind being home. I like the feeling of being in a safe place. Years ago, I told my minister that I would not be in church if I was not sure I could get back home. He was not impressed. Later that year when ...

As a member of the group called Save Holy Apostles Parish, (a group of interested and devoted people who are attempting to keep it intact, Holy Apostles Parish, which includes worship sites, Saints Peter and Paul and St. John Churches), we’ve been meeting to look at the decision made by the ...

I use The Post-Journal digital version to look at local news and sports updates as I am away at college. Although my main purpose of viewing is for staying up to date, I like to dabble in the opinion section. Mr. Craig Malmrose, I wholeheartedly love your Letters to the Editor. They are ...

We’ve been told all our lives that America is a land of equal opportunity. We’ve been told that everyone has an equal chance of getting ahead—of landing a good job, making decent money, having a place to call their own. This ideal has long been called the American Dream. It’s a ...

The other day, late in the afternoon, the dogs exploded with barking. Usually, that happens when an unfamiliar delivery truck comes down the driveway. This time, it was the almost predictable annual arrival of a good friend who had come to park his pickup truck and then walk out to test the ...

With Inauguration Day a few days away, let’s pick up where we left off 13 weeks ago, just before Election Day. The mother in this columnist’s German exchange family, having started school in 1933 and graduated in 1945—think about those years in German history—learned from a young age, ...