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The truth is not a disaster

The U.S. Supreme Court has released its decision in Louisiana v Callais. To listen to Democrats, including former President Barack Obama, who just argued that a wildly drawn partisan redistricting scheme in Virginia was “fair,” is to hear hysterics lying to whip partisans into a frenzy. A few days after a progressive activist, inflamed by left-wing rhetoric attempted a mass assassination of the president and his Cabinet in Washington, perhaps Democrats should rein in their lies. The Supreme Court said, plainly, that states cannot draw legislative districts based on race. Several ...

We have lost one of the greatest grumps of all time

In every school, work or personal gathering, you need at least one grump for the group to thrive. Grumps do the work that no one else will. When everyone else is being mercilessly upbeat, they swim against the tide and complain. The grump may follow your inane rules — but grudgingly, oh, boy, will it be grudgingly — but they never let them pass unremarked upon. Where other folks try to fit in, the grumps stand out, not because they want to, but because they must. Even in a children’s show like “Sesame Street,” you need an Oscar the Grouch to balance out what otherwise could ...

Don’t overlook importance of primary election

Today in Ohio, voters will be casting ballots in a primary election that could have extraordinary consequences — both immediately and in November — from our schools and town halls all the way to Washington, D.C. Polls open at 6:30 a.m. and will not close until 7:30 p.m. If you have not yet checked your voter registration and polling place, do so before you head out to vote. You can do that here: https://voterlookup.ohiosos.gov/voterlookup.aspx, and here: https://www.ohiosos.gov/directories/find-my-polling-location. Turnout in both Trumbull and Mahoning counties was initially ...

Ruling on voting rights has racist undertones

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. cautiously praised the hard-won Voting Rights Act of 1965 as a “great step forward” toward removing obstacles that kept black Americans from voting. It was. But last week, in striking down a voter redistricting map in Louisiana, the U.S. Supreme Court has taken that embattled law and the movement that marched and campaigned for it on a disastrous step backward. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker expressed the sentiments of many Americans, particularly Democrats, saying of the high court ruling, “It is an attack on a crown jewel of our democracy.” As ...

Yost, other state AGs seek drug transparency

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has joined an important effort by 45 state attorneys general to push the federal government to seek more transparency in prescription-drug transactions through pharmacy benefit managers, and to ensure federal efforts do not preempt state transparency laws. It’s a significant effort because PBMs — the companies that are supposed to represent insurers in drug transactions — have always favored the federal rules and regulations over state laws. According to a report by the Ohio Capital Journal, the three largest PBMs control approximately 80% of ...

Kimmel’s unfunny jokes pave the way for violence

Americans love arguing about free speech. We invoke the First Amendment as a kind of political force field: You can say whatever you want, whenever you want, without consequence. But the First Amendment only restricts government action. It does not guarantee you a career, a platform or ...