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A chance to enjoy being an American

Editorials

We ask everyone to take a moment during the next couple of days and remember that, despite whatever differences we have, there are few nations in the world where citizens are able to gather to celebrate the freedoms residents of the United States of America too often take for granted. It’s an important thought as our nation prepares to celebrate its 249th birthday on Friday. The Fourth of July is a true national holiday, one that is celebrated from the smallest township to the largest city. It’s a day of picnics, family gatherings, parades and summer fun, all played out against ...

Making a difference for workers in Ohio

Editorials

Ohioans expect state government to do all in its power to leave as much of their hard-earned money in individuals’ and businesses’ pockets as possible. At least one agency — the state Bureau of Workers’ Compensation — continues to be recognized for its efforts to do so. In its biennial study of the workers’ compensation premium rates in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services has once again ranked the Buckeye State fifth lowest in the country. (In case you’re wondering, Oregon was 14th lowest.) In addition to ...

Great places for road trips

Editorials

A stretch of suffocatingly hot weather may have made it tempting to just stay indoors as much as possible, but a recent study reminds us Ohio has a great deal to offer outside. The best part is, it just takes a switch from the air conditioning in your house to the air conditioning in your car to go enjoy it. WalletHub’s 2025’s Best and Worst States for Summer Road Trips placed the Buckeye State at an impressive third in the country. The idea for this particular group of researchers was to find road trips that were fun and budget-friendly, which is a bonus for all of us. We ...

We blinked ... and more than half the year is gone

Local Columns

I cannot believe that on Friday, it will be the Fourth of July. How has more than half of the year already passed us by? Evidently, we blinked. You know, I may have to super glue my eyes open so that life slows down a little. How can it be that when you are young, the days, the weeks, the years drag on and on? Why does it seem like time moves so slowly? When you are young, it’s as if the hands on the clock stand still or are stuck in the same position, day in, day out. And then, when we are older, we can never get those same clock hands to slow down? Not for a ...

Thoughts on the Fourth

Local Columns

The Fourth of July is just a few days a way, and with that, we can expect to see the usual surge in displays of patriotism. That’s a term that certainly has taken on different meanings during the past several years. And,whatever it means to you, it should be reassuring to know that we will be seeing an increasing number of displays featuring red, white and blue as Friday gets closer, and thousands of area residents will be heading to several locations around the Tri-State Area to watch a fireworks display — or two. We’ve also been told that residents of our region are among ...

Insurrectionist in chief

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: How is it that President Donald J. Trump has arbitrarily ordered the deployment of 4,000 members of the National Guard and 700 Marines to, reportedly, quell what he has referred to as an insurrection, as a result of anti-ICE protesters in Los Angeles, who are objecting to what they consider to be improper methods being utilized by said agents in order to round up and deport perceived undocumented immigrants, while denying them their rights to due process of the law to which they are entitled? This in spite of no such request and, actually, the objection of such a ...