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Opinion

Summers not the biggest reveal from Epstein emails

If you followed the twists and turns of the Jeffrey Epstein saga over the last few weeks, you already know that several prominent names emerged from the tranche of emails that the Epstein estate released. Former Treasury Secretary and Harvard president Larry Summers, who exchanged scores of ...

Why does Omar so hate US?

Is it too much to ask for immigrants to love America and its system of government? That’s a question that President Trump has been asking, with an especially high level of vitriol, in the wake of the horrific shooting of members of the National Guard in Washington, D.C., the day before ...

DeWine’s veto of child-labor bill applauded

Thank goodness common sense prevailed in Columbus last week, as Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a bill that would have allowed Ohio children ages 14 and 15 to work until 9 p.m. year-round. State Sen. Tim Schaffer, R-Lancaster, had introduced both Senate Bill 50 to alter allowable work hours for ...

The simple truth is that Ohioans are fat

DEAR EDITOR: Regarding the editorial, “Ohio and WV face serious health issues.” You don’t need extensive studies to know one thing — Ohioans are fat. After living elsewhere for many years we moved back to Youngstown and immediately noticed that Ohio had serious health problems. ...

A ‘permanent pause’

Following the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington the day before Thanksgiving, President Trump announced he wants to “permanently pause migration” at least until he is satisfied that those from Afghanistan and other unstable countries have had their backgrounds thoroughly ...

Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day still relevant

Eighty-four long years ago this Sunday, the world was forever changed. On that “day of infamy,” as revered former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt so boldly declared it, Japan launched a massive surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and other American military facilities in Hawaii that ...