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I don’t care at all if Olympian Alysa Liu is woke

As the nation celebrated American figure skater Alysa Liu’s stunning victories at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, there’s a particular collection of embarrassingly sad online dwellers who just can’t understand why conservatives might cheer on Liu. Why? Well, because she is, apparently, woke. For those who just don’t get it, let me explain. In the world of sports in which Alysa Liu is thriving, we (the big bad conservatives) simply don’t care about your politics if you are proudly representing our great nation — which Liu undoubtedly is — and you leave your politics at ...

Celebrate vital roles of women in US history

At the dawn of Women’s History Month this week, a common equation emerges among the many, many unsung American women heroes over this country’s 250 years of nationhood: struggle plus perseverance equals positive change. In the 18th century, consider the struggle and perseverance of Sybil ...

Candace Owens indecently attacks Erika Kirk

Joe McCarthy was famously undone by the rhetorical questions at a 1954 congressional hearing: “Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?” If the same queries were directed to Candace Owens at such a forum, she’d sail on unperturbed — since she has no idea what “decency” means. The conspiratorial podcaster has embarked on an investigative series on Erika Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk. In this context, “investigative series” means a loosely stitched together collection of sewerish falsehoods and innuendo smearing Erika Kirk. ...

Olympian disconnect: press vs. US

Alysa Liu is an American figure skater whose family fled China and faced harassment and persecution by Chinese authorities. She won gold. You might have missed it. The American press corps chose, instead, to praise Eileen Gu, an American skier with family ties to the Chinese communist party. Gu skied for and was paid by China. The press elevated her over American athletes until shifting to hating our hockey team. “Eileen Gu won three medals — one gold and two silver — in Milan and now has six total medals over the span of two quadrennials. She also made herself one of the most ...

Orchids & onions

ORCHID: To the 17 Inspiring Minds Youngstown students in grades 3 to 11 whose artistic and literary talents have been duly honored with a public exhibition of their artworks and poems in the Michael Kusalaba Public Library in Youngstown. Their talents have been well honed through the programming of the Inspiring Minds organization that for 10 years has provided hundreds of Mahoning Valley youth with enriching educational and creative programming after school and in the summer. The exhibit, mounted in conjunction with Black History Month, ends this weekend. Don’t miss it! ORCHID: ...

Work to end all violence, chaos at Belmont Pines

Judging by the seemingly never-ending string of alarming police calls to Belmont Pines Hospital in Liberty, that behavioral health facility for youth has begun to resemble ground zero for chaos and mayhem in the Mahoning Valley. In recent weeks, township police have been called at least three times to deal with reported assaults, runaways, vandalism and other turmoil. Over the past year, many other disturbing reports have unfolded. Teens have been arrested after countless reported assaults on staff members. Portions of the residential treatment facility have been severely damaged amid ...