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Opinion

Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation does more with less

It is rare for a state agency to consistently work to collect less money from its constituents, but Ohio’s Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has turned it into an art. Back in February, the bureau’s board of directors authorized a 1% rate cut for private employers, which took effect at ...

Some French say ‘non’ to air conditioning; others say ‘oui’

Europe is now the fastest heating continent, and Paris is suffering greatly under 100-plus Fahrenheit temperatures. That has inspired some conservative Americans to politicize the French aversion to air conditioning. In return, many in France are blaming Americans’ burning of planet-warming ...

It’s time to deport illegals to lessen inequality in US

California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently pointed out the problems with mass immigration. Just don’t expect him to realize it. In late June, Newsom came out in support of a national billionaires’ tax. In contrast, he’s opposed to the billionaires’ tax that will be on the California ballot ...

America started as local news; local newspapers delivered it

Two hundred fifty years ago, the Declaration of Independence was adopted in Philadelphia. But America did not become a country only in that room. It became a country as the news moved from community to community. Most colonists did not witness the debates of the Continental Congress. They ...

Supreme Court overreaches on birth tourism

The Second Amendment to the Constitution is a relic of a bygone era of revolution. The Founders could not have contemplated that it would apply to semiautomatic handguns. The Founders absolutely could not have contemplated that it would apply to machine guns. The Founders could not have ...