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Joyce, O’Neill in 14th District congressional primary races

The Republican primary for Ohio’s 14th congressional representative is a choice between a seven-term incumbent and self-described “workhorse” and a self-described “political outsider” who was most recently a one-term Trumbull County commissioner. Dave Joyce, of Bainbridge, has the endorsement of President Donald Trump and a huge edge over his opponents — both Republican and Democrat — in campaign war chests. His GOP opponent in the May 5 primary is Niki Frenchko, who lost reelection for her commissioner seat in 2024 after a tumultuous four years in office. The ...

Too many rules ruin child-care goals

Child care got expensive — more than $13,000 per child, per year. So many people want government to pay for it. My state just agreed. New York will fund free child care. Yay! But wait, what government does isn’t free. Taxpayers pay. And taxpayers pay more because “government rules have unintended consequences,” says Carrie Lukas of Independent Women’s Forum. Washington, D.C., day care teachers must have a degree in early childhood education. That can take two years and cost $22,000. “Of course you’re going to have to pay a lot more,” says Lukas in my new ...

Time for Ohio’s employers to think outside of the box

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows Ohio has approximately 278,000 job openings. Among the fields with greatest need for workers is manufacturing. But finding the right employees isn’t easy. The Ohio Manufacturing Workforce Blueprint reports there could be 35,000 manufacturing job openings per year in the state, through 2037. Employers are going to have to get more creative and open-minded — and be willing to take a chance. That’s where programs such as the Training Assessment Placement Project come in. According to a report by WBNS, the program helps justice-involved ...

A Republican governor in California?

Here’s a scenario from California that would be hard for even a Hollywood screenwriter to come up with. This is a state generally seen to lean heavily to the political left. Its congressional delegation — the largest in the country — stands at 52 House members, of whom 46 are Democrats, and two senators, both Democrats. The state Legislature is decisively controlled by Democrats. Yet there seems a reasonable likelihood that in November’s election for governor of California, we’ll see two Republicans running against each other. How so? California is an open primary ...

Radical Islamists mean what they say

In the Western world, there’s a weird naivety festering throughout our society, rooted in the notion that evil simply doesn’t exist. Thanks to multiculturalism, intersectionality, equity and any other combination of leftist buzzwords, we have the bizarre impression that the world is full of people just like us, who think just like us, who respect the same values we do. For anyone who lives in reality, of course, it’s clear that’s not true. It’s important to acknowledge that the West made massive progress in the realm of equality when it comes to immutable characteristics. ...

Africa proved resilient after foreign dollars were slashed

The Trump administration’s sharp reduction in aid to Africa last year seemed likely to cause a continentwide crisis of apocalyptic proportions. While there has been pain, particularly in health care, many African nations displayed remarkable resilience. U.S. aid fell to $7.86 billion in 2025 from $12.1 billion in the last year of the Biden administration. That’s a decadelong low for America, and rich European countries like Germany and France also scaled back donations. Total overseas development assistance was projected to fall by $42 billion in 2025, according to Donor ...