By: Dr. Jerry Bergman Montpelier, Ohio Articles about the decline in attendance and influence of Christianity in America has been…
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By: Bryan Golden The “benefits” of anger are many. Stress, anxiety, diminished judgment, reduced productivity, poor digestion, sleeplessness, elevated blood…
By: Dr. Jerry Bergman Montpelier, Ohio Partly to spend more time with my wife, I started attending chair yoga classes…
Dear Editor: As both a father and a physician in our community, I would like to thank our local school…
Dear Editor: Picture the check-out lane at a convenience store. What do you see? Probably candy, snacks, but also tobacco.…
Dear Editor: Real estate taxes are assessed against buildings and land. This may be fairly equitable for owners of homes…
By: Dr. Jerry Bergman Montpelier, Ohio One of the advantages of being an author, whose writings are in 13 languages,…
By: Jerry Bergman Montpelier, Ohio My son met his wife, Alejandra (Sandra), at the University of Toronto where they were…
By: Jerry Bergman Montpelier, Ohio Few topics are discussed by President Biden more than climate change, by which he means…
By: Bryan Golden You know the type. He or she is the loudest at parties, always showing off at work,…
By: Dr. Jerry Bergman Montpelier, Ohio A new book titled Life After Christendom by NASA scientist Craig Davis has attempted…
Dr. Jerry Bergman Montpelier, Ohio The loss of long-term friends has always been very difficult for me. One recent loss…
CAUGHT MY EYE / CROSSED MY MIND: Is It Small Town Business Theft? By: Forrest R. Church, Publisher THE VILLAGE…
Dear Editor: I was a child of the 60s. I had so much respect for our government. I went into…
By: Dr. Jerry Bergman Montpelier, Ohio In college I had an opportunity to earn six of my history credits by…
By: Dr. Jerry Bergman Montpelier, Ohio One of the requirements of a professor is to review new curriculum material for…
By: Dr. Jerry Bergman Montpelier, Ohio Humans require about 52 different elements to survive. Fully 99% of our body is…
By: Bryan Golden Do you conquer problems or do they conquer you? It’s attitude that determines whether you are a…
By: Dr. Jerry Bergman Montpelier, Ohio When a child comes into the world, the first thing noted is their sex.…
By: Jerry Bergman Montpelier, Ohio My earlier column on Deborah Kallikak brought several responses, mostly asking how a multi-talented…
During the COVID epidemic, I became aware of three athletic young men who, within close to a week of…
By: Forrest R. Church, Publisher THE VILLAGE REPORTER This is my final column in which I wanted to address concerns…
Free college and loan forgiveness are major planks of Biden’s New Deal. The problem is far too many people now…
By Bryan Golden Building mental and emotional walls is a common occurrence. We are used to living with physical walls…
Anyone who has been employed recently as an academic is aware of a dangerous trend: the abandonment of meritocracy.…
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…