OBERLIN COLLEGE APPEAL IN GIBSON’S BAKERY CASE, by Kevin Diehl

Ohio. On November 9, 2016, Gibson’s gained national fame that it never sought when an underage male Oberlin College student was caught shoplifting a bottle of alcohol while in the store. You can read the full story here, but I’ll give a quick recap.Although now it’s a Christmas tradition watched by millions of American families […]

FOURTH OF JULY: THE OTHER LEWIS AND CLARK, by Kevin Diehl

It has been a very long time since I’ve been in school, so I’m not sure what they teach students about the Fourth of July, the Revolutionary War and our nation’s founding these days. I do know – from observing pop culture – that in certain circles, love of country and reverence for our Founding […]

CHRISTMAS AT VALLEY FORGE by Kevin Diehl

It is the soldiers’ fate, it would seem, to be away from home at Christmas. Every year – during time of war and at times of peace – thousands of our sons and daughters in the military are far from the love of family and the comforts of home. It’s no wonder that the World […]

A REPUBLIC, IF YOU CAN KEEP IT, by Kevin Diehl

During all the years that I wrote a newspaper column for Ohio Supreme Court Justice Paul Pfeifer, we always put out a column celebrating the Fourth of July. We both believed that the Fourth was our most important civic holiday, a day that deserved the highest honor and recognition. In those columns, we focused on […]

Rally vs Riot by Kevin Diehl

Last year, I wrote about the destructive riots that raged all summer in cities around the country. In that blog, entitled More Than Granite and Glass, I spoke against the violence, the looting, and the vandalism of public buildings and monuments at the hands of Antifa and Black Lives Matter. On January 6, we witnessed […]

A Year to Remember by Kevin Diehl

By almost any measure, 2020 has been a difficult year for our nation. The unrelenting coronavirus pandemic has infected thousands of our fellow Americans. The subsequent lockdowns have damaged the economy, crushed small businesses, kept kids out of school, and left many people feeling isolated from family and friends. The riots during the summer further […]

Wreaths Across America by Kevin Diehl

As Christmas 1992 approached, Morrill Worcester had a bit of a problem. Morrill was – and is – the owner of the Worcester Wreath Company of Harrington, Maine, and that year his company was heading into the holiday with a surplus of wreaths. The company’s website paints an inviting picture, explaining that the wreaths they […]

Fireweed, Fostering Empathy for Expectant First Families, by Jennifer Mae

Jennifer Mae placed her daughter with her adoptive parents, hours after her daughter was born. She authored her own story, “Fireweed” and will share insights on how to understand adoption, during and after placement from her perspective and experience. All are welcome to register and attend this free event. This event is through Zoom Here […]

MORE THAN GRANITE AND GLASS, by Kevin Diehl

For most of this past summer, our country was roiled by a mass hysteria that manifested itself in huge protests, fierce riots, unchecked looting, wanton destruction, open violence and murder. The supposed catalyst for all of this was the death of an unarmed Black man being taken into custody by four Minneapolis police officers. Given […]