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Opinion

A timely reminder about school bus safety

Local drivers are, for the most part, back in the habit of obeying safety laws regarding school buses on the roads. But during this National School Bus Safety Week, it is important to remind ourselves not only of the rules but why they are so necessary. According to the U.S. Department of ...

Law on distracted driving helps, but more work is needed

After a year, Ohioans now have clear data to show the benefits of the state’s new distracted driving law. According to a report by the Columbus Dispatch, the law is being credited with an 11.6% decrease in crashes, a 19.4% decrease in fatalities — and a LOT more tickets issued. During the ...

How do candidates compare to Jesus?

DEAR EDITOR: While listening to a sermon in church, I was struck by the applications of the message to elections in general. The sermon topic was Jesus as leader. It laid out characteristics of great leadership as demonstrated by Jesus. I am writing a condensed version as a list of ...

Sound Off!

As I listen to all the abortion rights commercials, I wonder what happened to prevention? No one talks about preventing pregnancy! What happened to birth control pills and condoms and being responsible? Have pride and don’t sleep with every Tom, Dick and Harry! Have you forgotten that ...

Trump or Gump? Who’s the better fit?

DEAR EDITOR: It is amazing how two little letters can change everything. Suppose that a well-known person such as Donald Trump changed the ‘T’ in Trump to a ‘G’ and omitted the “r,” making it Gump, presenting a totally different character. Donald’s new girlfriend would ...

This is not our fathers’ Democratic Party

DEAR EDITOR: I’m a 78-year-old man with two siblings, an older sister and a younger brother. All of us are presently in our 70s. Our parents raised a teacher (40 years), a low-level banker (45 years) and a still-employed computer programmer and former welder. Our parents raised us ...