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Opinion

What about Trump’s hateful rhetoric?

DEAR EDITOR: Republicans believe that Charlie Kirk’s death is another act of political violence caused by the malicious, hateful rhetoric from the radical left, and they may be partially correct in that assessment. VP Vance has made it clear that he believes any person who promotes, ...

Trump doesn’t want free speech for you

DEAR EDITOR: I recall news reports of Recep Erdogan, the Turkish autocrat Donald Trump admires, jailing people who critiqued his haircut. Incredible! Now, it seems, we are Turkey as Trump destroys free speech and tells lies as transparent as his phantasm of a comb over to cover his bare-faced ...

Make tax relief, redistricting top legislative priorities

As the Ohio General Assembly reconvenes in Columbus this month, meaningful and tangible property tax relief coupled with fair and equitable remapping of Ohio’s 15 congressional districts must rise as paramount priorities for speedy action. Clearly, the state’s 99 state House of ...

The roots of trans fanaticism

In the killing of Charlie Kirk, we may well have experienced our first pro-trans assassination. Is anyone surprised? The trans cause has been infused with an irrational fervor from the beginning, its ethos deeply illiberal and even threatening. Just ask J.K. Rowling. Whether accurate or ...

Trump’s war on late-night comedy could be his undoing

The one thing Trump can’t take is a joke, especially one at his expense. A day after ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel’s show off the air “indefinitely,” after pressure from the chairman of Trump’s Federal Communications Commission — Trump said federal regulators should revoke broadcast ...

Trust God to guide you on your journey

DEAR EDITOR: Growing up, all I ever heard out of the mouth of my saintly mother was, “When bad things happen to good people, it’s God’s will.” Let me tell you, as a child, I learned to fear God’s will, so much that my prayer life became a battle of wills (God’s and mine). ...