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Opinion

Our usual predictable, boring Super Bowl Satyricon

In recent years, Americans have known what to expect from our Neronian Super Bowl halftime shows. Mediocre music is veneered over with gaudy, flashily lit, but ultimately empty and meaningless sets. The usual array of supporting dancers twerk and simulate intercourse, in sync with the main ...

Challenges remain in fighting all types of heart disease

February has long gained fame as a month to celebrate the heart in two completely different spheres. Of course, there’s the metaphoric heart captured on Valentine’s cards designed to conjure up feelings of happiness, romance and love. Contrast that with the very serious — sometimes ...

Make sure you prepare to vote in May primary

If you’re beginning to feel as though the stakes in this year’s elections are unusually high, you are not alone. Even a cursory glance at newspaper opinion pages or social media feeds will tell you there are strong feelings on many important issues — and plenty of people believe they must ...

Sizing up Mahoning Valley’s court of appeals elections

Tired of losing courts of appeals and Ohio Supreme Court races, Republicans changed the rules starting with the 2022 election — and have largely benefited. The Republican-controlled state Legislature passed a law in 2021, which took effect with the 2022 election, requiring party affiliation ...

Ohio set to benefit from Japan-U.S. deal

Good news came this week out of the U.S. Commerce Department, which says Japan is planning to fund three projects totaling approximately $36 billion in the coming years — one each in Ohio, Texas and Georgia. According to Reuters, this is the first wave of investments in the planned $550 ...

The poet and the president

In early 1862, Union generals, soldiers and even the commander in chief of the Civil War were literally at a loss. Morale ran low. Taking the oath of office in March 1861, President Abraham Lincoln of Illinois was a newcomer to the nation’s capital. Compared to the flash-and-dash style of ...