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Opinion

The second coming of DOGE

President Trump has signed an executive order creating a task force to crack down on fraud in government programs. Vice Ppresident JD Vance will head it. This is the administration’s second effort to reduce government misspending and overspending following Elon Musk’s effort as head of ...

Sammy’s Law brings GOP, Dems together

A bipartisan group of lawmakers in Washington, D.C., has been working on ways to better protect kids online by giving parents the right to receive safety notifications through Federal Trade Commission-regulated third-party providers. Versions of Sammy’s Law, introduced in both the U.S. ...

Is affordability really a crisis?

At some point, the headlines turned “affordability” from a concern into a “crisis.” But what does affordability mean? For most of us, that depends on what we consider our minimum requirements for happiness. If you look at TikTok, life in New York City is a fairy tale of chic bars, ...

Coaching, teaching are matters of trust

Teachers and coaches are supposed to be people you and your children can trust. But hardly a day goes by without news of yet another authority figure blurring the line between those who work in schools and the students in their charge. At Ursuline High School last year, the allegations ...

Press panic at Pentagon threatens Stars & Stripes

Oh, no. Stars and Stripes is under fire again. Controversy is not exactly unknown to the legendary military newspaper. Born during the Civil War, Stars and Stripes has taken all sorts of flak and survived, impressively for a publication owned and operated by the U.S. military that ...

Ohio residents face economic insecurity woes

Buckeye State residents don’t have to be reminded, but research from the Urban Institute might help elected officials and policymakers remember a significant number of their constituents are struggling with economic insecurity. According to a report by the Ohio Capital Journal, the ...