Columns/Editorials

Comedian Pete Holmes does a bit about how the internet has eliminated the human experience of simply not knowing the answer to a question. He details that in days gone by if a question popped into you...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

I keep seeing news stories about the three university presidents and the fallout from their testimony on antisemitism last month. The continuous arguing in the news from each side of the political ais...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

My wife is a teacher. Each new year when the teachers at her building return from the Christmas holiday, they share a word of the year. Each teacher offers a word they intend to make theirs during the...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

The first story I ever wrote at the Journal-Tribune was a yearend story. As an intern in the winter of 1990/91, I was told to compile a list of potential top local stories for 1990, so that the newsro...

Growth will pay for itself, right? That’s what Marysville residents continue to hear from elected officials, but instead what has resulted is higher tax bills. We remember 20 years ago when the area f...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

We’re in the thick of the holiday season, but for my family, December is full of celebrations from the jump. We have four birthdays by the ninth (two of which are on the same day) and shortly after, w...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

As part of his theory of relativity, Albert Einstein developed the idea of gravitational time dilation, essentially theorizing that the way time is perceived is directly impacted by gravitational pull...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

Before I even start, just know I’m well aware that I will lose this argument. I get it, this is not where the world is going and I’m in the minority. Not to mention, it’s a free country and people can...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

I have always said that I would rather be busy than bored. In fact, that is one of the things I love best about my job. I have said it before and repeat it often (to remind both the reader and myself ...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

The holiday season is almost upon us and, with that, comes all of the family holiday traditions. On Christmas Eve, everyone gathers at my aunt’s house for a not-so-formal dinner as we count down to mi...

Elections have consequences, especially when voters are looking at their tax bills. From as far back as we can remember, elected officials have told residents that growth that is coming this way would...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

There is a playoff problem with Ohio high school football. Actually, there are a lot of problems all rolled into one big pile and things started to smell in the first round of postseason play last wee...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

This week marks the 45th anniversary of the release of John Carpenter’s Halloween, the 1978 film that introduced masked killer, Michael Myers, to the world. Since we have now arrived at the last weeke...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

Earlier this week I received a package in the mail. It was a vintage, 1970’s-80’s era toboggan hat. Burgundy and gold, the thick knit cap has a big fuzzy ball on the top and a Washington Redskins patc...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

In elementary school was the first time I was ever really mad at a book. My class read the classic dystopian novel “The Giver” by Lois Lowry and I was enthralled by it. The book was super fascinating ...

The Marysville Journal-Tribune employees understandably don’t get much front page coverage. That is why we run the photo of the entire staff on the subscription ad because it never gets old crediting ...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...