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When war comes home: A constitutional warning

A failed war does not end when the drones stop flying. It creates a new danger: A government that refuses to admit defeat and a president who, having failed abroad, seeks muscular victories elsewhere. The war against Iran is a case study in the limits of military power, the dangers of presidential overreach and the enduring wisdom of the Constitution’s separation of powers. It was unauthorized, unconstitutional, illegal, strategically incoherent and — by the standards by which wars must be judged — a geopolitical failure. The American people were told that force would achieve ...

We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for

We're now officially in the run-up to the midterm elections, with less than two months to go before Election Day 2026. The good news is most Americans now understand how bad Donald Trump is. With the exception of Richard 0Nixon, he's the most unpopular second-term president at this stage in his tenure in the history of polling going back to the 1940s. On issues where he once was strong — like the economy, national security and immigration — Trump is now underwater, with more Americans opposing than supporting his policies. All the major problems America now faces are entirely ...

Will AI destroy humanity?

In the "Terminator" movie series, the artificial-intelligence system known as Skynet is given control of the nation's nuclear weapons and uses it to try to destroy humanity. One reason that apocalyptic scenarios involving AI are implausible is that, having seen how that particular movie ends, we are unlikely to be foolish enough to give AI custody of the most destructive weapons on the planet. The unthinkable is nonetheless a hot topic of conversation, given that a researcher at Anthropic just resigned and issued a doomsday warning. According to Jacob Coxon, the rush to develop ...

OMA gets its chance to help manufacturers

It is no small feat to reportedly mismanage something so terribly that the federal government steps in and says you’re done. But that’s what happened last year with Ohio’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership Center, for which the Office of Inspector General says the Ohio Department of Development failed to report accurate financial results and ensure subrecipient expenses were allowable. Now, the National Institute of Standards and Technology says it trusts the Ohio Manufacturer’s Association Educational and Industrial Development Institute to handle the job. OMA says it will ...

Trump continues murderous assault on Washington landmarks

WASHINGTON — First came the murder of the Kennedy Rose Garden. That was just a prelude for the killer in the Oval Office. His next victim is likely the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the arts heartbeat of the capital and the nation. Symphony, opera, theater and ballet lovers are aghast since President Donald J. Trump shut the building in July, stripped the art and declared it would go bankrupt if his name wasn’t on the wall. On a Sunday walk, I ambled along what was once the Reflecting Pool. Now it’s a mangled mess behind a chain-link fence. As you know, the ...

State report cards show growth, path forward for our schools

Students, teachers, staff, parents and taxpayers throughout the Mahoning Valley and Ohio have reason to smile over this week’s release of the humongous batch of 2025-26 Ohio School Report Cards. Collectively, they document a large majority of our public school systems making the grade. Statewide, grades for English language arts skills have reached a five-year high of 62% proficiency. “Every subgroup that we have made progress over this last year in literacy,” Ohio Department of Education and Workforce Director Steve Dackin touted Tuesday. Likewise, math proficiency among ...