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ORCHID: To Canfield-based Troop 25 of Scouting America, formerly Boy Scouts of America, for robustly enduring the test of time with their ongoing successes in youth and community development. The troop last weekend celebrated its 100th anniversary with a festive picnic at Canfield Presbyterian Church. Members and former members gathered to share in the great history of the troop and the lasting contributions its Eagle Scout members have made in community improvements over the decades. We salute past and present troopers for the stellar wilderness and leadership skills they have acquired ...

Who are our domestic enemies?

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The oath is a familiar one. The president and vice president take it, as do members of Congress and many other high government officials. It requires the oath taker to defend the Constitution “against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” We can identify many of America’s foreign enemies, but what about domestic ones? Now that the Democratic Socialists of America have published their platform, it appears they would qualify as a domestic enemy of the Constitution. If they achieved power they would, to quote the stated goal of former President Barack Obama, “fundamentally ...

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It was just announced that the White House is holding Medicaid benefits from both California and Minnesota. This impacts millions. How can anyone with a conscience do something so underhanded and nasty? The results may prove disastrous. Another White House poor decision. — Liberty Upon hearing of the death of Robert Mueller, Trump said, “I’m glad.” In the July 16 Vindicator, Ian Haworth wrote (regarding the death of Lindsey Graham): “Any society that celebrates the death of its fellow citizens based upon political disagreement is doomed, not just because it negates the ...

Americans are free to be suckers

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Many of today’s consumer loans are legal but abusive. Payday lenders and used car sellers often steer customers into costly contracts they barely understand. Low-income borrowers with jobs, and therefore, dependable cash flow to siphon off, are favored targets. Sure, there’s a sucker born every minute, as P.T. Barnum allegedly said. But now we have a federal government that’s gone backward in providing protection from predators just as they adopt sophisticated technology to ply their craft. Criminals now use AI to generate fake images and scrub their pitches of misspellings ...

Data centers produce myriad economic, practical benefits

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Last week I took a daylong field trip touring a giant data center near Dulles International Airport in Loudon County, Virginia. The facility is operated by CloudHQ. A “cloud,” by the way, is the hardware that stores trillions of data files, research, love letters, the entirety of the Library of Congress and virtually everything else ever written, invented or retrievable online. The cloud is synonymous with “data center.” Many people don’t realize that without these massive data centers — that have somehow been demonized by everyone across the political spectrum from ...

It’s beginning to look a lot like a close governor’s race

David Skolnick

It’s premature to handicap the Ohio gubernatorial race in July as a lot will happen between now and the Nov. 3 election. But it looks like the state will have one of its most-contested governor’s races in a number of years. Ohio governor races aren’t typically close. Since 1982, there’s only been three races that could fall into that category. In 1998, Republican Bob Taft beat Democrat Lee Fisher by 5.3%. In 2010, Republican John Kasich beat Democrat Ted Strickland, who was the incumbent, by 2%. In 2018, Republican Mike DeWine defeated Democrat Richard Cordray by ...