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Republicans may not be hit as hard in Nov. as some think

The macroeconomic numbers are good. America is near full employment. The stock market is doing well. Inflation is high, but down from where it was with former President Joe Biden. Americans do not care. They hate both parties. Republican operatives on the ground in state after state tell me the same story. Voters are enraged at the GOP. Diehard Republican cheerleaders do not get it. They insist the economy is good in the same way Democrats did when Biden was in office. In fact, both Biden and Trump had a similar macroeconomic picture with a strong stock market, inflation receding by ...

Why parents sometimes need to go to school, too

Everybody, according to an old saying of unknown but apparently wise origin, is an expert at raising other people’s kids. One child of recent national interest is the daughter of Nikole Hannah-Jones, the journalist who led “The 1619 Project,” a controversial and Pulitzer Prize-winning ...

A president of personal revenge: Pray, people, to restore our nation

Atone, America. The high holiday Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, just passed us by at sundown on Sept. 21. Our country, thanks to Donald Trump, has become the scourge of the world. Nowhere was that clearer than in the United Nations General Assembly where Trump asked world leaders if he should “annihilate” Iran. Yes, he really said that. “Disgrace” is too good a word for Trump. And to vote for him a third time, as millions did after we saw his true ugly nature, has brought us to this terrible fate. All of America should pray and atone for the dismal state of our ...

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Orchids & onions

ORCHID: To Phantom Fireworks owner Bruce Zoldan and Pamela Benger, co-chairs of Youngstown State University’s Dana School of Music Crescendo Campaign, for their eye-poppingly generous donation of $5 million to the laudable drive at its launch last week. The $20 million campaign is designed to enhance and update the prestigious school’s resources and to attract new students. It will also further the longstanding legacy of Dana as one of the oldest and most celebrated institutions for musical excellence and academic preparation in the United States. To donate to the campaign, contact ...