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Prescription for a socialist workforce

America has a socialism problem, and it’s bigger than most citizens realize. When candidates aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America win Democratic Party primaries, or New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani hails “the warmth of collectivism,” socialism’s advance is obvious. But it’s making gains in other ways, too, especially in the transformation of America’s workforce — which is coming to be chiefly employed in a sector one step removed from outright government control: healthcare. In 1990, manufacturing was the top employment sector in most states, including ...

The measure of one man’s life: Remembering Lindsey Graham

On Saturday, I lost more than a friend. It feels as though I’ve lost a member of my family. I have known Lindsey Graham since I was in my 20s. I will never forget those early days when he first began campaigning for public office. I took him to South Carolina State University, where I had served as Student Government Association president. He sat in the president’s box, met so many of the people who shaped my life, including my family and my brother Kent, who would later become a South Carolina state senator. From the very beginning, what impressed me most was not his political ...

Following a tragedy, we need honesty, not judgment

As the tragedy of Nolan Wells' death continues to dominate the news, there are so many unanswered questions. Perhaps the most significant one is what his grieving parents shared in a recent interview with "Good Morning America's" Michael Strahan. Why did their 18-year-old son separate from his friends during their July 4 trip to Horn Island, a barrier island off the Mississippi Gulf Coast? Nolan's father, Elmore Wonsley, told Strahan, "We always taught him that if you go with a group, you stay with a group. If you go with five, you come back with five. Do not separate from the group. ...

How America’s love of air conditioning became a hot topic

Few things in life, besides a glass of water when you are crossing the desert, offer as much immediate relief as air conditioning. You’re boiling outside, you pull open a door, you step into a paradise of 68-degree air, and your body all but screams “Hallelujah!” In years past, businesses used to boast that their confines were chilled. Movie marquees used to promote “manufactured weather!” Roadside motels would flash “A.C.” in neon. Restaurants, banks, department stores, all happily bragged that they were cool — in the literal sense of the word. It was like the flip ...

Are work crews getting careless in installation of fiber-optic lines?

Ohioans have been concerned — perhaps rightfully — about the rise of data centers for at least the last couple of years. It remains to be seen if they will be a boon to municipalities in the Mahoning Valley or a modern Frankenstein’s monster. But something else has now moved from a minor annoyance to a clear and present danger to property and perhaps even lives. Representatives of multiple companies are working feverishly in many parts of Ohio — including here — to install fiber-optic cables. You may have seen this work happening in your neighborhood. If you’ve driven ...

Another sham deal with Iran comes undone

An early period of World War II was known as “the phony war.” What we may be witnessing now in the U.S.-Iran war is the end of a “phony peace.” The nearly five-month-long conflict has featured a couple of sham ceasefires, each marked by supposed Iranian pledges to reopen the Strait of Hormuz that came to nothing. With the Iranians firing on shipping in the Strait again, Trump has declared the so-called memorandum of understanding signed a month ago to be dead. After lifting sanctions on Iranian oil and ending the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, Trump reinstituted both. ...