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Politicians must understand our priorities and get their own straight

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While politicians continue to behave as though they think our priorities are socio-cultural issues and remaining as divided as possible, ordinary people are trying to survive in a world where the challenges are something more along the lines of “Do I have enough money to fill up the gas tank this week and still get groceries on Friday?” A recent poll commissioned by Groundwork Ohio and the First Five Years Fund showed childcare remains among the significant challenges for families attempting to keep their heads above water. “When families are talking about the cost of living, ...

Go ahead and close Kennedy Center

Editorials

Go ahead, President Donald Trump, keep the Kennedy Center closed. Don’t give it money for necessary repairs. This is low-hanging fruit for Americans done with your extortion schemes. They don’t have to submit to small-bore intimidation like this. They can just shrug at the demand that your name, with words of gratitude, be placed on the building’s facade. To use a different metaphor, they have bigger fish to fry. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is suffering serious structural damage. Some believe the Washington cultural center can remain open while necessary ...

Should our federal government regulate artificial intelligence?

Editorials

American businesses have long practiced what political scientists call regulatory capture. A company that cannot repeal a law takes control of the people the government put in charge of enforcing it. The airlines did it to the Civil Aeronautics Board, which in 40 years never approved a new trunk carrier. The health insurance industry helped shape the Affordable Care Act and came away with a federal mandate requiring Americans to buy its product. What is new is watching it happen in real time in artificial intelligence. Anthropic’s Dario Amodei published an essay last week called ...

Travel fun in Ohio not limited to summertime months

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It might not feel like it just yet, but fall is on its way. With the transition to colorful leaves and (for many of us) more comfortable weather comes yet another opportunity for Ohio to shine — especially for those who didn’t quite work the traveling bug out of their system over the summer. According to TourismOhio, the state offers “gold medal” leaf peeping opportunities, particularly at its 76 FREE state parks and Cuyahoga Valley National Park. “Everyone has their own idea of the perfect fall getaway, and that’s what makes Ohio such a special place to visit,” said ...

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Please help with the following requests: Get us out of the WAR in Iran, open the Strait of Hormuz, back off Canada, give U.S. the tariff $$ you promised, quit the tariff BS, submit the health-care reform plan you promised 10 years ago, fire your high-IQ department head minions, don’t meddle in our already fair elections, REGULATE AI before it’s too late, quit BS-ing us lower IQ citizens of our once proud country! Regards, us. — Boardman I love the ad criticizing Sherrod Brown for voting with other Democrats. What does every Republican do when they bow to Trump on every issue? ...

Issue 3 may be odd, but it merits support

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Given the heated clamor over such hot-button races on the Ohio ballot this fall as the caustic battles for governor and U.S. Senate, one proposition up for a vote among all 7.5 million registered voters in the state may easily get lost in the shuffle. Others might find its very presence downright odd. That measure is state Issue 3, an Ohio constitutional amendment proposed by state lawmakers to require photo identification to vote. And yes, some may legitimately find it odd. It is, after all, the only statewide issue on the ballot. So what happened to state Issues 1 and 2, some head ...