Anyone who has been employed recently as an academic is aware of a dangerous trend: the abandonment of meritocracy.…
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By: Forrest R. Church, Publisher THE VILLAGE REPORTER Because I have been known for being long winded in my columns,…
By: Forrest R. Church, Publisher THE VILLAGE REPORTER We successfully navigated the busiest time of the year at the newspaper,…
By: Dr. Jerry Bergman Montpelier, Ohio My father, Ernest Rudolph Bergman, was born in 1917, and died in 1998, at…
By: Dr. Jerry Bergman Montpelier, Ohio As an author, I often have contacts with the mass media. One summer, a…
By: Bryan Golden Do you have problems, adversity, and obstacles in your life? If you said yes, then you are…
One afternoon when I was living in Bowling Green I heard the doorbell ring. As I looked outside I noticed…
By: Dr. Jerry Bergman Montpelier, Ohio Since I have been involved in the apologetics ministry I have spoken at over…
Dear Editor: I am sickened to my inner core to discover that those that run the Riverside cemetery in Superior…
By: Dr. Jerry Bergman Montpelier, Ohio My mother, Irene Buck Bergman, was born November 27, 1920, in Meade, Kansas, and…
By: Dr. Jerry Bergman Montpelier, Ohio On a plaque in a German Lutheran church I visited was a long list…
By: Forrest R. Church, Publisher THE VILLAGE REPORTER COLUMN – CAUGHT MY EYE / CROSSED MY MIND Spring is a…
Dr. Jerry Bergman – Montpelier, Ohio Myths, once they get started, have a life of their own and can last…
By: Forrest R. Church, Publisher THE VILLAGE REPORTER Last week I had my fill of looking at this computer screen. …
By: Dr. Jerry Berman – Montpelier, Ohio One of my most beneficial experiences testifying in court involved a child molestation…
By: Bryan Golden You have to work with what you have. You have to play the hand you have been…
By: Dr. Jerry Bergman Montpelier, Ohio The theme of my new book on Dwight David “Ike” Eisenhower was that WWII…
One of the most interesting cases I have ever worked on when employed at the Oakland County court, was about…
By: Forrest R. Church, Publisher THE VILLAGE REPORTER What do you think of the new newspaper appearance this week? Well,…
By: Forrest R. Church, Publisher THE VILLAGE REPORTER Those who know my family personally and/or over the years readers of…
Dr. Jerry Bergman Montpelier, Ohio One of the most distorted historical events in American history was the Scopes “monkey” Trial.…
By: Forrest R. Church, Publisher THE VILLAGE REPORTER It has been awhile since last finding time to type ramblings that…
By: Dr. Jerry Bergman Montpelier, Ohio I always welcome feedback from readers, which often can be very helpful. I recently…
By: Dr. Jerry Bergman Montpelier, Ohio The feedback from my previous columns includes, “I would hope that every church teaches…
Letter To The Editor: Williams and Defiance Counties, in addition to parts of Northeastern Indiana and Southeastern Michigan, have relied…
By: Sharon Burton – Publisher / Editor ADAIR COUNTY COMMUNITY VOICE (KENTUCKY) I’ve been a journalist for several decades now,…
By: Dr. Jerry Bergman, Montpelier, Ohio I have long been interested in health quacks and cure-alls. Many otherwise intelligent people…
By: Dr. Jerry Bergman Montpelier, Ohio My column on drinking touched a nerve in several people who wrote to appreciate…
By: Dr. Jerry Bergman Montpelier, Ohio In 1986 I received a call from the state of Texas asking me if…
Dear Editor “I’m proud to be an American, where at least I know I’m free. And I won’t forget the…