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Remember all who served on Veterans Day

Editorials

No one alive today remembers the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918 that inspired Armistice Day to commemorate the end of World War I. For that matter, the numbers are dwindling of those who remember the events of World War II and the Korean War, which sparked the evolution of Armistice Day to Veterans Day — a day to appreciate all veterans. Honoring those who gave some AND those who gave all, Veterans Day is an important reminder to the rest of us of just how much we owe the men and women who have served in the U.S. military. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs ...

Blue wave embarrasses leftist claiming Trump would end elections

Editorials

Blue wave embarrasses leftist claiming Trump would end elections We had a midterm election in which the Democrats and the Left were wildly successful. There is one way in which this makes some of them look either deeply stupid or dishonest. Many of them who rejoice now tried to claim there ...

A most impermanent President

Guest columnists

For the last two years, the Trump administration has been governed by a simple mantra: "We can just do things." On Tuesday, voters replied, "So can we," and wiped out the GOP. This was not a blue wave. This was not a blue tsunami. This was the breakup of a winning coalition. Those voters, in breaking up the coalition, treated down-ballot races as proxies for their contempt of Washington, D.C. The race for dog catcher became nationalized because of Republican political malpractice. In 2024, Donald Trump assembled a multiracial and multiethnic coalition of voters who bristled at the ...

Democrats won, but more importantly, so did democracy

Guest columnists

Stop the talk about a triumphal arch at the gates of Arlington Cemetery. Stop bullying the Kennedy Center into putting the Trump name on its front. Stop obsessing over the Reflecting Pool. Stop cutting down trees at a public golf course in Washington to make a championship course. These pictorial distractions — televised media take note — stopped working on the Main Streets and on the farms. The public felt in their wallets that they were being played. As Donald Trump, his family and his courtiers amassed billions, ordinary Americans' economic interests were ignored, even held in ...

Affordability can determine students' college choices

Editorials

High school seniors across Ohio are about to face the usual holiday questions from well-meaning relatives. “So, where are you planning to go to college?” or “What are you going to do after you graduate?” For a significant number of those students, the answer will depend on what they and their families can afford; and according to a recent report by the National College Attainment Network, that might be harder in Ohio than in some other states. “When available resources do not cover those costs (tuition, books, housing, food, transportation and other necessities), students may ...

A wipeout for Republicans

Guest columnists

In 2010, President Obama described those midterm elections as a "shellacking" for Democrats, who lost 60 seats in the House. Then, as now, the economy was the top issue. If Republicans could have had a worse night, I don't know what it would be. From Maine to Michigan to Texas, Republicans failed miserably to get any message across to voters that would have persuaded a majority to vote for their candidates. One reason for the debacle was that too many GOP candidates ran on fear - fear of socialism, fear of "jihadis" (a slap at Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed). The blame game ...