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Opinion

White House is simply for sale

In the end, it wasn’t the disturbingly Gestapo-like tactics of her U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, smashing cars, pulling innocents off the streets and executing two American citizens, that did Kristi Noem in. It wasn’t the sneering contempt of court orders or the incessant ...

ICE Barbie is gone, but will immigration policy improve?

The worst of Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s many terrible moments in last week’s congressional hearings on immigration control probably came when she admitted to being unfamiliar with the shockingly appalling case of Marimar Martinez. She is the Chicago woman who managed to ...

Do you actually think Israel dragged Trump into war?

“It’s Israel’s war,” our collection of smooth-brained podcast class declared as they rushed to pump out as much propaganda as possible in the aftermath of the joint American-Israeli strikes on the Islamic Republic of Iran. The range of arguments we’re seeing from this ...

Beaver, Boardman police departments among accredited agencies in Ohio

Given that Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services data shows 2,837 “use of force” incidents from 1,040 police agencies took place in the state in 2025, one would think law enforcement agencies would be clamoring to take advantage of the new Ohio Collaborative Law Enforcement Accreditation ...

Here comes the sun: Why not make DST permanent in US?

Spring doesn’t officially begin until March 20, but the combination of unseasonably mild temperatures and the annual “spring forward” of clocks this weekend seemed to signal that better days are ahead. Longer days, too. Daylight Saving Time means less light in the morning, but more in ...

Time to rethink propriety of gender transition for children

Within the past few weeks, two major medical groups — the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Medical Association — have issued statements recommending against gender-affirming surgeries on minors. This is a break from the past few years, when all the relevant medical ...