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The next American century can be built here in Ohio

Ronald Reagan understood that freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. Preserving it requires more than resolve. It requires the willingness to build. As Ohioans celebrate America’s 250th birthday, we face a test Reagan would have recognized. We confront a rising authoritarian adversary, a technology race with profound consequences for both prosperity and security and a question of whether this generation has the will to compete. The answer must be yes, and Ohio has a vital role to play. The Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI’s 2026 AI Index makes ...

East Palestine residents still dealing with toxic exposure

While lawmakers continue to sit on their hands and pretend they don’t know railroad safety reform is necessary, a new report by The Guardian focuses on research that indicates exposure to the chemicals released in a 2023 Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine DID damage the bodies of those who were exposed. According to The Guardian, a peer-reviewed pilot study showed some East Palestine residents’ immune systems still are “responding to toxic chemical exposures” by fighting off an attack, or repairing their bodies. “Compared with a control group, East Palestine ...

Credit unions won’t apologize for success that benefits Ohio

As we get set over the next few years to not only celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States as a nation but also the 225th anniversary of Ohio, and the 100th anniversary of the credit union movement in this country, there is a lot of history to celebrate and reflect upon. And it ...

Immigration program won’t go away

The last two decades have been a continuous adventure in redefining the phrase “white supremacy” to include less and less pertinent things. The latest is that the Supreme Court has allegedly joined forces with President Donald Trump to “advance an authoritarian, white-supremacist agenda” — in the words of Illinois Democratic Rep. Delia Ramirez — by saying he can end so-called Temporary Protected Status for immigrants. A headline in the left-wing magazine The Nation read, “The Supreme Court Once Again Endorses Trump’s Racism.” The court decision is facially ...

The trouble behind Ohio’s job numbers

Ohio — particularly poorer, more rural regions — has begun to experience a trend with which neighboring West Virginia is all too familiar. While the country added 172,000 jobs in May, Ohio lost 2,400. Unemployment, on the other hand, fell; but not for the reason we would all hope. Unemployment data measures only those who are in the labor force. As researcher Molly Bryden, with Policy Matters Ohio, pointed out to the Ohio Capital Journal, that figure does not include those who were unable to work because of age or physical condition, or simply have left the state or stopped ...

The cost of cowardice at City Hall

The tragedy of Youngstown is not that its problems are unsolvable. The tragedy is that those entrusted with solving them have become experts at managing decline while pretending to fight it. For years, residents have been subjected to a continuous performance of political theater — press conferences, photo opportunities, studies, committees, strategic plans, and carefully crafted talking points. Yet beneath the spectacle lies a city still burdened by poverty, unemployment, abandoned neighborhoods, population loss and growing despair. The mayor’s recent virtual town hall was no ...