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A president of personal revenge: Pray, people, to restore our nation

Editorials

Atone, America. The high holiday Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, just passed us by at sundown on Sept. 21. Our country, thanks to Donald Trump, has become the scourge of the world. Nowhere was that clearer than in the United Nations General Assembly where Trump asked world leaders if he should “annihilate” Iran. Yes, he really said that. “Disgrace” is too good a word for Trump. And to vote for him a third time, as millions did after we saw his true ugly nature, has brought us to this terrible fate. All of America should pray and atone for the dismal state of our ...

Be wary, but good news for Ohio may soon be on the way

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It’s easy to understand why Honda was reluctant to confirm reports out of Japan that it is planning to build a $2.5 billion hybrid vehicle plant in Ohio. Though the Nikkei Business Daily said the company is in final preparations to expand its manufacturing footprint in the Buckeye State, a Honda spokesman told Reuters “No decisions have been made at this stage regarding a new plant in the U.S.” At the same time, SK hynix is reportedly in talks with Intel about making memory chips in the U.S. for the first time with what MarketBeat called Intel’s “long-delayed ‘Ohio One’ ...

Closed primaries a curse on our democracy

Editorials

I didn’t leave my political party; my party left me. Both of them. I’ve been a Democrat, and I’ve been a Republican. What I am now doesn’t matter. The point is that a lot of American voters feel perpetually frustrated by the choices they find on the November ballot. The Democratic or Republican candidate is often chosen in low-turnout primaries where organized ideologues or special interest groups select the nominee. Right now, about 47% of registered American voters do not affiliate with a party. That’s almost half the electorate. Independents are the largest group ...

Letters to the editor

Letters to the Editor

Acton intruder should face felony charges DEAR EDITOR: It is a sad commentary when an individual in this state, with two guns and a stun gun on his person, can knock down and injure several people at a political rally as he heads toward a candidate for governor, and face only misdemeanor charges. In our climate of political violence, this is a recipe for disaster. Already some are shamefully claiming the incident was not serious. Fortunately, Gov. Mike DeWine has spoken out about such misleading and perhaps ultimately dangerous rhetoric. STEPHEN GLADSTONE Shaker Heights Did you ...

When faith takes the field

Editorials

One of the fun things I love during the NFL season is getting into the back-and-forth banter on Facebook with my high school and college friends. One of my college classmates posts his weekly “Bum List,” where he asks those of us whose teams lost the previous Sunday to still “rep” our squad. As a lifelong Dallas Cowboys fan, I have taken some friendly heat regarding their three-year absence from the playoffs. For this week's Bum List, my college classmate, a Steelers fan, told me he saw “potential” in Dallas' win over the Washington Commanders, while lamenting that ...

More threats to the freedom of speech

Editorials

The freedom of speech and of the press is not a gift bestowed by a president, Congress or a federal agency. It is a natural right of all persons. The First Amendment does not create that right; it prohibits the government from infringing upon it. The ability to think, speak, write, criticize, ridicule, persuade, offend, dissent and challenge those in government is among the most fundamental preconditions of the exercise of human liberty. It is also indispensable to personal happiness. A person who cannot speak his mind, question authority, express unpopular ideas or tell the government ...