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Strive to behave as ‘Easter People’ throughout year

Editorials

For Christians, Sunday is the holiest day of the year — Easter. It is a day of celebration, commemorating the resurrection of the Son. For millennia, this season also has been a time to celebrate the return of the sun, when our minds are on a kind of rebirth and living again in the light. Easter brings us joy, yes. It also teaches us about sacrifice and love; and gives us a brightly colored reminder that we are supposed to love one another, too. For many, it is a day of dressing up, perhaps attending church, having a meal with family and then giving in to modern traditions ...

‘Naked Niki,’ Trump endorsement dominate GOP US House primary

David Skolnick

There’s more to U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce than his endorsement by President Donald Trump and more to his Republican primary challenger Niki Frenchko than her attention-grabbing photos to draw people to her “OnlyFrenchko” website. With early voting starting Tuesday and the May 5 primary a month away, each campaign has its focus. I will be writing an article shortly detailing the platforms of the two Republicans as well as the three Democrats running in the 14th Congressional District race. But first I wanted to expand on what Joyce and Frenchko are doing. Joyce is running ads that ...

Thanking Ohio National Guard members for their continued service

Editorials

Ohio’s National Guard is made up of 35,000 active and reserve Buckeye State residents who sign on to be available for their state and country when duty calls. If help is needed — whether that be responding to a flood-stricken community or defending our country’s interests halfway around the globe — they stand up. Ohioans got a startling reminder of just how diverse the Ohio National Guard’s membership is when Secretary of State Frank LaRose was activated last week for deployment. According to a report by The Columbus Dispatch, his deployment location will not be disclosed, ...

The government doesn’t own you

Editorials

Politicians tax what we earn, regulate what we build and often decide what we can do with our bodies and our money. I like to think I own myself. But politicians increasingly act as if they do. “People should not have power over other people’s lives,” says Timothy Sandefur, author of the book “You Don’t Own Me.” In my latest video, Sandefur challenges the attitude that “freedom belongs to the government and it can parcel it out to us.” He starts with building permits. “A building permit really says, you’re not allowed to build on your own property until ...

What is ‘Transgender Awareness Day’ actually about?

Editorials

It’s finally springtime, which can only mean one thing. Not Easter, or Passover or Ramadan. No, March 31 was International Transgender Awareness Day, an annual day dedicated to transgender awareness. Taking to social media, the Democratic Party announced that “Trans rights are human rights.” So “This Transgender Day of Visibility, we honor the resilience of transgender and nonbinary Americans and celebrate their incredible courage,” they added. “To our trans neighbors on this trans day of visibility: I see you, I cherish you, and I stand with you in the face of the ...

War takes physical, emotional toll

Editorials

As the war with Iran has been going on for four weeks, 13 U.S. service members have been killed. Ohioans have been honoring the lives of three members of the state’s Air National Guard who died in a refueling plane crash on March 12 while supporting Operation Epic Fury: Capts. Seth Koval and Curtis Angst, along with Master Sgt. Tyler Simmons, who was recently posthumously promoted to this rank. Local news stations in Columbus spent several days covering and highlighting the achievements of these young men who paid the ultimate sacrifice in serving their country. Watching these ...