The Republican primary for Ohio’s 14th congressional representative is a choice between a seven-term incumbent and self-described “workhorse” and a self-described “political outsider” who was most recently a one-term Trumbull County commissioner. Dave Joyce, of Bainbridge, has the ...

Child care got expensive — more than $13,000 per child, per year. So many people want government to pay for it. My state just agreed. New York will fund free child care. Yay! But wait, what government does isn’t free. Taxpayers pay. And taxpayers pay more because “government rules ...

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows Ohio has approximately 278,000 job openings. Among the fields with greatest need for workers is manufacturing. But finding the right employees isn’t easy. The Ohio Manufacturing Workforce Blueprint reports there could be 35,000 manufacturing job ...

Here’s a scenario from California that would be hard for even a Hollywood screenwriter to come up with. This is a state generally seen to lean heavily to the political left. Its congressional delegation — the largest in the country — stands at 52 House members, of whom 46 are ...

In the Western world, there’s a weird naivety festering throughout our society, rooted in the notion that evil simply doesn’t exist. Thanks to multiculturalism, intersectionality, equity and any other combination of leftist buzzwords, we have the bizarre impression that the world is full of ...

The Trump administration’s sharp reduction in aid to Africa last year seemed likely to cause a continentwide crisis of apocalyptic proportions. While there has been pain, particularly in health care, many African nations displayed remarkable resilience. U.S. aid fell to $7.86 billion in ...