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Ben Fields: Some things I'd like to accomplish in 2026
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Ben Fields: Some things I'd like to accomplish in 2026

  • Updated Jan 2, 2026

As I tend to point out every year around this time, I'm not one for making steadfast New Year's resolutions. But, now that the bar of expectat…

Ben Fields: Christmas spirit lifted by 284-year-old tunes and a bunch of tweens (Opinion)
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Ben Fields: Christmas spirit lifted by 284-year-old tunes and a bunch of tweens (Opinion)

  • Updated Dec 18, 2025

The temperature was hovering around single digits Sunday night when my family, and two other families we coordinated with, filed into the Clay…

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  • Updated Dec 11, 2025

As someone who has lived through many Christmases in houses packed with relatives, watching high expectations erode as a series of things go h…

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Ben Fields: 'Quiet, piggy!' (Opinion)

  • Updated Nov 20, 2025

A few days ago, the leader of the free world said, "Quiet piggy!" to a female reporter who was asking a legitimate question. I have some thoug…

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Ben Fields: One last ride on the crazy-parents bandwagon (Opinion)

  • Updated Nov 13, 2025

It was crunch time. We were down by four points, with mere seconds left on the clock. I popped open at the top of the key, and the kid inbound…

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Ben Fields: Three strange days in youth sports hell (Opinion)

  • Updated Nov 12, 2025

I've recently emerged from three straight days of what I can only say feels like a fevered hallucination pertaining to youth sports. 

Ben Fields: Till death do us part ... and beyond? (Opinion)
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  • Updated Oct 30, 2025

In the early 2000s, there was a TV commercial in heavy rotation aimed at senior citizens for a greeting card service that would continue to se…

Ben Fields: Is it the economy? (Opinion)
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Ben Fields: Is it the economy? (Opinion)

  • Updated Oct 23, 2025

Last week, I mentioned going to the annual Bob Evans Farm Festival as a good way to kill a day fairly close to home. I then went down a rabbit…

Ben Fields: All I got was your lousy T-shirt, reprise (Opinion)
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Ben Fields: All I got was your lousy T-shirt, reprise (Opinion)

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  • Updated Oct 16, 2025

If you've ever — in what I can only guess would be an incredibly bored state — assumed rural, agricultural-based fairs are not my thing, you'r…

Ben Fields: Not everything is a conspiracy (Opinion)
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  • Oct 9, 2025

I've done just about everything I can to filter conspiracy theories out of my social media feeds, the news media I consume and general convers…

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