A Look Back at the best 2024 had to offer

If you just take a brief glance back without seeing the big picture, the year 2024 felt like we were a trash panda caught in a dumpster fire behind the dollar store.

December: Looking back at 2024

As the year comes to a close, it is fitting to reflect on what we were able to accomplish on behalf of our great state.

Adventures with Allie

My mom teaches sixth grade English language arts. Every now and then she gives her students a creative writing prompt to follow and every now and then the prompts sound fun to me so I do the class work her sixth graders are doing too, because I love a good creative writing prompt.

Stock Market Insights

My wife put Christmas lights on our house in mid-October. Last night, she hosted her annual “Elf Movie Night,” during which we ate movie-themed snacks for dinner and played Elf bingo using movie quotes and M&Ms as tokens.

Advocates Look Forward to Working with New Leadership at State Capitol

For the children OICA CEOThe deadline for submission of ideas for the upcoming legislative session was Friday, December 6, and lawmakers were turning in their concepts for bills up to the final moment.

Leftovers… it’s what’s for dinner

Let me start this heartfelt holiday column by saying something offensive.Thanksgiving dinner?Meh.

“Funny stuff…now”

Four-year-old Barry was rambunctious and energetic. Gifted by God with charming smile, electric blue eyes and golden hair.From the moment those mesmerizing blue eyes opened, to when they reluctantly closed in sleep after he had raced headlong thru his day, Barry had to be on the move.

Looking Back At Progress

Before I close out my column series, I want to say what an incredible honor it has been to serve House District 33 over the past six years. Being entrusted by my peers to represent their voices at the State Capitol was an immense privilege, and every day, I never forgot who sent me there.

Stock Market Insights

The Trump Effect 2.0: How a Presidential Return Could Reshape Markets As the 2024 U.S. presidential election results roll in, Donald Trump has secured a second term in the White House.

What are we saving when we turn off the daylight?

Daylight Saving Time, where did you go? What an absurd thing we do… tricking each other into believing we can manipulate time to get more sunlight. I’ve got news for you. We can’t. It’s just a dance of clocks, calendars and seasons… of springing forward and falling back.