I thought, when given this amazing chance to have a first-person column, I would be offering my opinion on a variety of subjects. I’ve got opinions. But that’s harder than it seems.
Polly Campbell: Yeah, I’ve got some opinions
Category: Opinion
Weir changing United Way as philanthropy shifts
One recent evening, a woman knocked on my door and asked for money. I could have told her to get lost. Or decided she was scamming me. Or I could have given her a little money to get something to eat, or recommend she go somewhere with more help.
Polly Campbell: On cultivating and treasuring the strength of sisterhood
It seems impossible that the progress of women would reverse course, but it already has. And plenty of people still would rather see women dependent on men, to have no sexual agency, to be quiet and have children and conform to male-created ideas of attractiveness.
Polly Campbell: Donating blood is easy way to share a miracle
Blood is one of the most potent words in the language. We refer to it to talk about family and temperament, about race, about violence and war and disease. But the strongest metaphor is not really a metaphor at all. Blood is life.
Summer reading with a Cincinnati twist
Now that live performance is back, would everyone please be quiet?
It’s rude and annoying to pay for a concert ticket and spend the time yakking, disturbing people who also, by the way, paid for a concert ticket.
Polly Campbell: What’s puzzling me is how I’m crushing on these games
So one day, I looked at the Sudoku, which had on baggy khakis and a pocket protector and a lot of numbers and looked really boring.
Polly Campbell faces the flames of climate change
We drove home across the tinder-dry West with the smoke of forest fires behind us. Shortly after we got back, the Caldor Fire started about 30 miles from the cabin.
At Mercantile Library, diverse voices matter
I grew up, like many Americans – probably most Americans – surrounded only by members of my own race. Not until after college did I count Black folks as neighbors, co-workers, friends.
Public Relations tips from the pros
When we learned that two of our favorite public relations managers in the nonprofit sector were stepping aside to try something new, we saw an opportunity for them to share some perspective and pointers. Ann Stewart and Alyson Best have provided a level of excellence that we in the publishing industry value most highly.