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Democrats sue to keep CNN biased

The left has thrown a completely counterfactual fit about how the Paramount takeover of CBS created some kind of “MAGA-coded” news division under Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss. No one who watches network news daily right now can see much of a difference today between CBS and ABC and NBC. But mere internal questioning of whether CBS could attempt to be less biased to the left has caused a tsunami of panic. Now, as the Paramount merger with Warner Brothers-Discovery approaches its conclusion, 12 attorneys general filed a last-minute lawsuit to block it — but they won’t say it’s ...

Orchids & onions

ORCHID: To the Poland Township Police Department for its statewide honors and recognition as this month’s Agency of the Month for outstanding community policing from The Law Enforcement Foundation and the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police. The award is most fitting, given the police force’s hodgepodge of community engagement programs that include its Citizen Police Academy, Coffee with a Cop, Safety Forces Appreciation Picnic and many others. The value of such transparent and highly accountable community policing programs can never be overstated. They include fostering greater ...

Don’t be misled by Valley’s high jobless ranking

The latest unemployment report from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services is not kind to the Mahoning Valley. In fact, Trumbull County holds the dubious distinction of ranking No. 1 in highest unemployment in the state among all 88 counties. Mahoning County trails close on its tails, ranking No. 3. But before anyone flips out, a bit of perspective will prove that while there may be cause for concern, there is definitely no cause for alarm. We’re a far cry from the COVID-19-induced recession that shot local jobless rates soaring above 20% six years ago this spring and ...

When the guardrails are destroyed

People of a certain age were taught to respect the police, obey the law and other rules and regulations mostly practiced by our parents and grandparents. They believed such things would lead to better lives for themselves and for the nation. For many, they did. Today we look at the lawlessness, the antisemitism, the hate speech directed at the president, teen takeovers, attacks on police officers, and others and we might ask: why is this happening? The answer can be found on the side of the road. To use a metaphor, the guardrails have been removed. Guardrails are crash-tested barriers ...

Graham was the best kind of ‘operator’

On Feb. 22, 2022, two days before Vladimir Putin sent his tanks rumbling toward Ukraine’s capital, Donald Trump said of the Russian leader: “This is genius. ... Here’s a guy who’s very savvy.” Eight days later, Lindsey Graham offered a starkly different sentiment: “The only way this ends is for somebody in Russia to take this guy out.” The Republican senator from South Carolina had a history of dismissing Trump’s worldview. When Trump first ran in 2015, Graham let loose, calling him a “race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot.” After Trump won, Graham shocked ...

Prescription for a socialist workforce

America has a socialism problem, and it’s bigger than most citizens realize. When candidates aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America win Democratic Party primaries, or New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani hails “the warmth of collectivism,” socialism’s advance is obvious. But it’s making gains in other ways, too, especially in the transformation of America’s workforce — which is coming to be chiefly employed in a sector one step removed from outright government control: healthcare. In 1990, manufacturing was the top employment sector in most states, including New ...