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Gary Franks: Yes, border crisis is an invasion

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Do weapons need to be involved for there to be an invasion? Border states and numerous other states run by Republican governors say no. They would argue that an invasion can be an unwanted overflow or steady stream of people entering your property illegally.

Legal-Ease: Multitasking estate planning

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I usually love doing housework, because, while doing so, I am not wasting any time, but I am also not racking my brain addressing the most intellectually demanding work of our law firm.

David Trinko: Lima church shows A.M.E.’s impact on education

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Corine Brown doesn’t want to belittle the education a young Black person could get at any university.

Dr. Jessica Johnson: Song’s lyrics convey no anger

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Controversy has arisen again regarding the upcoming performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” that is scheduled for Super Bowl 58. During last year’s game, “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” also referred to as the “Black national anthem,” was sung by Sheryl Lee Ralph, affectionately known to “Abbot Elementary” fans as “Miss Barbara.” Grammy Award-winning artist Andra Day will sing it before a packed and star-studded Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada. The other highly anticipated pregame selections of the national anthem and “America the Beautiful” will be sung by Reba McEntire and Post Malone respectively.

Jerry Zezima: Driving course is an auto motive

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My wife thinks I drive too fast. Our younger daughter thinks I drive too slow. Since I am neither a white-knuckled NASCAR wannabe nor a little old man who tootles along in the passing lane with his left blinker on, this means I drive just right.

Holy Cow! History: When soldiers traded swords for snowballs

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The Bible speaks of beating swords into plowshares. More than 160 years ago, soldiers in the American Civil War briefly gave up guns for another weapon, courtesy of Mother Nature.

Robert B. Reich: Why I preach to the choir

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Several people have asked me why I spend so much time and energy on this column, which is read mainly (if not exclusively) by people who already share my views and values.

John Grindrod: For St. Marys, reconnecting with the past

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In 1986, the musical group Timbuk3 scored its biggest hit with the song “The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades.” If an historic building can be personified, it could be said that the St. Marys Theater and Opera House not only has a venerable past but also a future bright enough to require sunglasses.

Lori Borgman: This dog is a fashion plate, fur real

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Our granddog wears a hoodie. I can’t believe I just wrote that. The part about having a granddog. And the part about a hoodie.

Mark Figley: Secret Service should protect Kennedy Jr.

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America has never been the same since the horrific assassination of John F. Kennedy on what was an otherwise bright and sunny day in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. The fall of Camelot over 60 years ago is still felt across the nation today as questions linger about what role the CIA played in the killing and who was really behind the act.