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Editorials

No one’s property is safe when governments, developers collude

Is your home your castle? Not when eminent domain law lets politicians confiscate your property if they claim it’s for “public use.” Politicians say they need the power to take property to build public projects like roads and railroad tracks. OK. Seems reasonable. But now, developers ...

Understand Juneteenth, then celebrate

America’s newest national holiday today also rises as America’s most misunderstood federal holiday. Part of that misunderstanding may come from its novelty to the masses. After all, Juneteenth has been recognized as one of our nation’s and our state’s official holidays for a ...

Political violence all the rage

Scene 1: There I sat in the Senate chamber, waiting for a Republican to decry the use of force against one of their own. Sen. Alex Padilla, a California Democrat, was knocked to the ground and handcuffed by federal agents in a conference room where Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ...

Tucker Carlson versus Mark Levin on Iran

Per the U.S. State Department, in a statement issued in April 2025, “Iran remains the leading state sponsor of terrorism in the world and has financed and directed numerous terrorist attacks and activities globally, through its IRGC-Qods Force and proxies such as Hizballah and Hamas.” On ...

Stop the Scroll Act is good for mental health of Ohio kids

Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, has thrown his support behind an effort to keep kids safer when it comes to social media. But the Stop the Scroll Act isn’t about the kinds of online dangers some parents may be thinking. It would create a mental health warning label requirement for social ...

Big loser in Vietnam: freedom

NHA TRANG, Vietnam — Rod Kjersten has returned to Vietnam for the first time since he was a nurse in the U.S. Air Force hospital in Cam Ranh Bay. Now 77, he recalls the precise date when he left — May 28, 1970. He served at the hospital for two years where he treated wounded American ...