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Guest column/Local newspapers keep our communities strong

Local Columns

Strong communities don’t just happen. They rely on connection — residents knowing what’s going on, businesses reaching the customers who keep them open and citizens having the facts to make good decisions. Local newspapers provide that connection in ways no other source can. In today’s fractured media environment, trust is the rarest commodity. Confidence in “the media” is low. Only 18 percent of Americans say they trust news on social platforms, and fewer than one in four trust cable networks. But nearly two-thirds say they trust their local newspaper — more than ...

Register ... and then vote

Local Columns

In case you have let it slip under your radar, here’s an important reminder: The Nov. 4 election is about a month away, and the deadline to register to vote in that election is Monday. This is an off-year election, which means it doesn’t quite carry the glamour and excitement that surround a congressional election every two years and a presidential election every four years. There aren’t any of those major races on this year’s fall ballot. But the offices that are open, and the issues Ohio residents are being asked to vote on, really are the ones that have the greatest ...

Newspapers have vital role in our lives

Editorials

There are as many reasons to read a daily newspaper as there are readers. Some are looking to see how their favorite high school sports team is doing. Others want to know what’s happening in their local schools. Many are looking to learn more about the people and events that shape their cities, villages townships and counties. Some are interested in crossword puzzles and word games. And yes, some always will turn to the obituaries first. Some are looking to learn more about events happening at area churches and with local clubs and organizations. Some enjoy ...

Act II of U.S. autocracy

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: In a world filled with divisive rhetoric, it’s easy to seem like just another alarmist voice. However, I truly believe that we are no longer in the Trump wants to be a dictator phase anymore. We’re in the he already is, and we’re in Act II phase. Since April, the White House has: • Seized control over independent agencies once meant to check presidential power. • Purged civil servants for ideological disloyalty. • Turned internal watchdogs into punching bags. • Used the courts and the Department of Justice like political target practice. ...

Guest column/It’s time to make tariffs work smarter on steel

Local Columns

Here’s something the global elites and the Biden White House still refuse to admit: Tariffs work. President Donald J. Trump proved it. For decades, foreign governments played us for fools and suckers. They subsidized their industries, manipulated their currencies, slapped trade barriers and tariffs on our exports and laughed when they dumped their products into our markets. Washington bureaucrats looked the other way. The result? Empty factory floors. Broken towns. Families left behind. Trump ended that nonsense. He stood up to China and the globalist elites. He leveled the ...

Where’s action on redistricting?

Editorials

If watching Congress has not been enough to make you wonder whether elected officials worry about doing any real work, or remember who they serve, Ohio lawmakers seem eager to answer with “No, not really.” They missed their first deadline for congressional redistricting on Tuesday, according to a report by the Ohio Capital Journal. Despite Buckeye State voters demanding action when they passed a constitutional amendment in 2018, members of the General Assembly appear to have decided they’d rather not bother to work together to pass a bipartisan map in the allotted time. They ...