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The right to be left alone

Editorials

“The makers of our Constitution undertook to secure conditions favorable to the pursuit of happiness. ... They conferred against the Government the right to be let alone — most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilized men.” — Justice Louis D. Brandeis (1856-1941) The rapid spread of public surveillance cameras represents something far more consequential than a new piece of police technology. It represents a fundamental change in the relationship between the individual and the state. These cameras allow government agents to record, identify, catalog ...

Restore death penalty in Ohio, then expand it to rapists of children

Editorials

The pendulum on the hypercontentious death penalty in Ohio shows promising signs toward swinging clearly in the direction of growing popular support for its application. Consider: • A July 2026 Pew Poll of 3,354 Americans found 68% of respondents view the death penalty as morally justified for those committing murder while only 28% viewed it as wrong, reversing a decadeslong general trend of majority support for its abolition. • The pace of executions across America is accelerating. The U.S. carried out 47 death-penalty sentences in 2025, nearly doubling the 25 executions from ...

Find your purpose, work your gift

Editorials

During the opening week of the fall semester, I had the honor of giving the convocation remarks for The Ohio State University’s Lima campus incoming freshman class. It was a perfect autumn morning, even though I still find northwest Ohio a little nippy during this time of year. The students were engaged, appearing eager to get college underway. I began by telling them to reflect on their key life milestone of graduating from high school as they start the next chapter with their beginning courses and eventually declare a major to prepare for their future careers. I then shifted my ...

Trump declares war on Canada

Editorials

Not exactly a war, but a trade war — which will impose huge costs on both American consumers and on Canada. As I said, Trump is now completely and utterly out of his mind. The very idea of a trade war with Canada — our neighbor, our ally, our closest friend, a nation that’s peaceful and whose people have a reputation for kindness — is absurd. But Trump is doing it anyway. He’s imposing a 50% tariff on goods coming from Canada — which, remember, is an import tax paid by you and me. The tariffs account for $20 billion of the $382 billion worth of products Americans ...

Supreme Court lacks clarity in dismissal of abortion case

David Skolnick

It wasn’t a surprise that the Ohio Supreme Court dismissed Trumbull County Domestic Relations/Juvenile Division Judge David L. Engler’s lawsuit seeking to stop abortions in the state, but the justices could have at least explained why. Instead, the justice ruled 7-0 Aug. 19 that the state’s “motion to dismiss is granted. Accordingly, this case is dismissed.” Besides that, the court’s four-sentence entry declared that the matter originated with it and the American Civil Liberties Union’s motion to have more time to file a brief in support of the motion to dismiss was ...

El-Sayed still loves man who said US deserved 9/11

Editorials

Abdul El-Sayed has a problem. Well, he actually has a bunch of problems, including his history of rampant radicalism, his questionable group of friends and family,and the ever-confusing question of whether he was ever an actual doctor. But his main problem as he circles one of Michigan’s seats in the U.S. Senate like a left-wing vulture? Hasan Piker. Now, Hasan Piker is a chunk of human waste wrapped in Prada floating across the bottom of the barrel that is our media ecosystem. The Democratic Party — and particularly the progressive wing — has embraced him like teenage fans ...