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Don’t ever forget 9/11

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I was sitting in my home office not far from the Pentagon when it happened. The TV behind me had the sound lowered but I suddenly became aware of a major development. I reached for the remote and cranked up the audio. A plane had struck one of the twin towers in New York. TV anchors initially speculated it must have been a small plane that had run off course, but soon a much larger plane struck the building and then a second one hit the other tower. It quickly became clear America was under attack. I saw smoke rising from the Pentagon and went up on the roof to get a better look. My ...

Remembering how Americans united after attacks of 9/11

Editorials

“Never forget.” What did we mean, when we declared as a country that we would forever remember the events and lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001? What do those words mean to the people born afterward? They are Gen Z and Gen Alpha, now. All they know is what they read in history books, what ...

Conspiracy theories on Acton altercation at fair condemned

David Skolnick

While Amy Acton, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, wasn’t attacked at the Canfield Fair, we don’t know what could have happened had her security detail not intercepted an armed man heading toward her, knocking people down. But it’s disturbing to read and hear conspiracy theorists dismiss the altercation as a hoax on the toxic playground known as social media. We don’t know the intentions of Patrick Havas, the 38-year-old Canfield man accused of lunging toward Acton at the Canfield Fair on Sunday. That will be up to a court to decide. Havas faces four misdemeanor counts: ...

Jobs and manufacturing are on the ballot

Editorials

American manufacturing is on the rebound, and that good news could hardly come at a better time for President Donald Trump, as Republicans gird themselves for the midterm elections just two months from now. Not that manufacturing is the only sector that’s on a hiring spree — businesses across the board added 162,000 new jobs in August. Even The New York Times calls the latest employment numbers “zesty.” The paper quoted T. Rowe Price’s chief U.S. economist, Blerina Uruci, saying: “It’s a very good report; I can’t emphasize that enough. And it perhaps shows that ...

What does ‘Never Forget’ mean?

Editorials

On Sept. 11, 2001, I was a 12-year-old boy living in England. Because of the five-hour time difference, I first learned that something had happened as the school day drew to a close. It wasn’t until I got home later that afternoon that I saw the images of the Twin Towers burning thousands of miles away and watched them collapse in a hellish explosion of steel and concrete and glass and ash. And I just didn’t get it. Yes, I knew it was bad, and I knew it was unprecedented, and I knew it was scary, but as a child, I had absolutely no understanding of the gravity of what had just ...

We’re living longer, but perhaps not always better

Editorials

As Ohio’s population ages, the number of older adults who need at least a little help is increasing, while the number of people qualified to offer that help is dwindling. It’s a nationwide problem — by 2030, the number of Americans over age 65 will be greater than the number of those under 18. According to a report by the Ohio Capital Journal, that problem is already evident in the Buckeye State, where the population has been aging since the 1990s. “Our health care is a triumph of human ingenuity, but while we’re living longer, we’re spending more years in less than good ...