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Opinion

At America’s 250th birthday, Democrats want a different country

Jack Hughes delivered the gold medal to the U.S. ice hockey team in the winter Olympics, scoring the winning goal in overtime play. In a postgame interview, Hughes exclaimed: “This is all about our country now. I love the USA. I love my teammates. It’s unbelievable. The USA hockey ...

This is what working for Ohio looks like

Work and production are coming back to Mahoning Valley, reviving its previous namesake as the “Steel Valley,” with the full investment of supporting the American worker with the passage of the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, (https://home.treasury.gov/wftc/) Washington delivered the largest ...

What can Ohio do about its middling education ranking?

Despite Ohio policymakers’ continued effort to meddle with education — at all levels — a recent study suggests there has been limited success on a national scale. “Most and Least Educated States in America (2026)” by WalletHub doesn’t even place the Buckeye State in the top half ...

Warren needs a little less conversation and a little more action

How many Warren City Council members does it take to set up a livestream broadcast of the entity’s regular meetings? Whatever that number is, we still — apparently — are not there yet. Last week, council again discussed why Warren hasn’t joined the 21st century and set up streaming ...

Big Brothers in NYC, DC watch you; you watch them

A poster depicting an enormous face gazed from the wall. The caption ran, “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU.” So wrote George Orwell at the opening of his dystopian novel “Nineteen Eighty-Four.” Big Brother’s image was everywhere, on printed material and on telescreens blasting state ...

Remembering the Rev. Jesse Jackson

President Donald Trump called Rev. Jesse Jackson “a force of nature,” and so he was. Jackson, who died last week at 84, was the last great orator of the civil rights movement. He could bring an audience to cheers or to tears with the power of his personality. I once accompanied him to a ...