Ohioans got an early Christmas gift this year, as the state Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife announced it can confirm the sighting of a fisher — the weasel-like animal, not a person standing in hip waders — caught on a wildlife camera in Cuyahoga County. Fishers have ...

One of the most persistent mistakes in modern politics is the insistence on flattening all ideologies — pretending that all human beings think the same way, want the same things and are motivated by the same forces. Every time policymakers fall into this trap, the result is not compassion or ...

Will someone please tell President Trump that he’s not running against Joe Biden anymore? That much should be obvious, even to casual observers, but, halfway into his second term, he can’t seem to let his former foe go. “Eleven months ago, I inherited a mess, and I am fixing it,” ...

‘Tis the season for so many things including scams. We’ve written and reported on various scams aimed at all of us, especially our sometimes too-trusting seniors. Now we offer an update of the last scams making the rounds, courtesy of Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose. Follows is ...

When I go to synagogue, I always smile and wave at the armed police officers stationed outside. I want them to know they’re appreciated, but also, at some level, I guess it’s fair to say that I’m trying to ingratiate myself so that the cop will want to put his or her life on the line to ...

On Christmas Day 1863, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote the poem we now know as the song “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day.” Earlier in the year, Longfellow had unsuccessfully pressured his son, Charles, not to join the Union Army. On Christmas Day, Longfellow learned his beloved son had ...