In 2015, a graduating high school student gave an impactful commencement speech that succinctly illuminated to me what is wrong with today’s conversations. She stated that we all need to “listen for the sake of listening.” All too often, people listen only as a means to wait for an ...

I had never been to a Rotary Club meeting, so I didn’t know what to expect. What do Rotarians even do? Are they obsessed with switching around the tires on their cars? Do they track Earth’s spin on its axis? Mike Lamb, editor of the Marshall Independent newspaper, recently invited ...

Understanding the basics of investing is an essential first step toward building a strong financial foundation, but many people don’t know where to get started. Here are five concepts that can be helpful for new investors to grasp: If you are young, time is on your side Building wealth ...

Eighteen American Legion Family members from Minnesota traveled to Washington, D.C., this week and heard directly from VA Secretary Doug Collins. He spoke with Legionnaires from across this nation Monday at the Washington Hilton during the American Legion Washington Conference. He told us ...

One of the books I’m reading these days is The Medieval World written by German historian Friedrich Heer and published in 1961. After almost 65 years it is still one of the world’s very best overviews of medieval history. It covers all the major topics; economics, religion, agriculture, ...

Charles Colby Whitney was born on March 20, 1846, in Salmon Falls, New Hampshire. Before the outbreak of the Civil War, Whitney worked in the newspaper office of the Lawrence American in Massachusetts, engaged in the printing business. He was made foreman of the mechanical department when he ...