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Guest columnists

World War III could come in 2023

It’s any given morning on any given week in 2023. Millions of Americans wake up without internet: no access to email, Facebook or online news. Foreign hackers have breached the security of energy and transportation grids and corporate and government computers, affecting everything from ...

Ohio to Work surpasses goals, establishes blueprint

The data confirming the success of Ohio To Work tell one story. But even more impact is evident in the individual anecdotes from job seekers finding employment and the Mahoning Valley service providers developing long-lasting relationships with one another that will long outlive the 18-month ...

Future of school voucher system is questionable

Over the last 20-plus years, Ohio’s school voucher program has gradually expanded with each passing state budget. What started out in the 1990s as a pilot program designed to help impoverished families trapped in “failing schools” has gradually morphed over time into an expansive program ...

Biden imposing Green New Deal one stove at a time

President Biden's disastrous economic policies have already made it harder for Ohioans to put food on the table, but that doesn't seem to be enough for this administration. Now, Biden's bureaucrats want to keep you from cooking in the first place. Last week, a Biden official at the Consumer ...

New agricultural innovations would impact Valley

Over the holidays, I popped in my favorite movies in my home office. One favorite is “The Natural,” a great movie for capturing mysticism of our national pastime. One of the best lines is when Wilfred Brimley’s character Pop Fisher tells his assistant manager, “I should have been a ...

Subsidies won’t dictate Ohio EV infrastructure

Electric vehicles, or EVs, are set to play a much larger role in our transportation future, and Ohio is well positioned to lead this transition. Ohio already manufactures more auto parts than any other state, and it assembles more vehicles than any state except Michigan. Virtually every ...