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Editorials

Orchids & onions

ORCHID: To Poland Township Trustees Eric Ungaro, Joanne Wollet and Ed Kempers for voting to reverse their decision last spring to permit construction of a cell tower between Kerrybrooke Trail and the Poland Seminary High School property. After receiving overwhelming public opposition to the ...

Keep children’s hands, minds off hemp products

To his credit, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has earned a stellar reputation for prioritizing children’s health and well-being during his seven years in office. Across his two terms, DeWine has launched or promoted such children’s health initiatives as expanding mental health services, increasing ...

Government ‘shutdown’ explained

The partial government “shutdown” is a pure political act. It has nothing to do with the amount of money the government takes from taxpayers, though it does have something to do with how much it irresponsibly spends. Democrats are holding the country hostage over Obama-era health insurance ...

Trump loves farmers into bankruptcy

At a 2018 press conference in New York City, Trump said of American farmers, “I love them, and they voted for me, and they love me. ... And they said, ‘We don’t care if we get hurt, he’s doing the right thing.’” During his 2025 joint address to Congress, Trump said, “Our new ...

What Dems are missing in trying to recapture young people

BALDWIN, Pennsylvania — Collin Arthrell sat at a table filled with young people at a luncheon in a middle-class suburban Pittsburgh borough, dressed neatly in a suit with his curly hair neatly cropped. Four years ago, you would not have seen this many young people psyched about voting in an ...

What happens when presidents kill

During the past six weeks, President Donald Trump has ordered U.S. troops to attack and destroy five speed boats in the Caribbean Sea, 1,500 miles from the United States. The president revealed that the attacks were conducted without warning, were intended not to stop but to kill all persons on ...