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Here comes the sun: Why not make DST permanent in US?

Spring doesn’t officially begin until March 20, but the combination of unseasonably mild temperatures and the annual “spring forward” of clocks this weekend seemed to signal that better days are ahead. Longer days, too. Daylight Saving Time means less light in the morning, but more in the evening. It aligns with the annual feeling of renewal that comes with spring — especially this year after one of the worst winters in recent northeastern Ohio history. That doesn’t mean we’re finished with cold weather or even snow, but there is more and more light at the end of the ...

Hypocrite leftists strike again

There is a particular kind of intellectual dishonesty that masquerades as principle and the American left has perfected it. It goes by either “international law” or “norms.” These phrases are invoked with religious fervor whenever the United States or one of its allies takes action in the world. They are conveniently forgotten whenever the enemies of civilization act. Watch the pattern long enough and the conclusion becomes unavoidable. The left’s commitment to international law is not a commitment at all. It is a weapon — one designed with the West in mind and aimed ...

Time to rethink propriety of gender transition for children

Within the past few weeks, two major medical groups — the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Medical Association — have issued statements recommending against gender-affirming surgeries on minors. This is a break from the past few years, when all the relevant medical societies endorsed these treatments. It comes on the heels of the first verdict in favor of a detransitioned woman who underwent a double mastectomy at age 16. As with nearly everything in modern life, this issue has been tainted by politics. The Trump administration, with its characteristic ...

Orchids & onions March 7-8

ORCHID: To former Warren city firefighter Robert Saffold for his role in breaking down color barriers by becoming the first black fireman in the department back in 1961. Saffold, now 90, was the center of rapt attention at a ceremony last week honoring the Alabama native and longtime Warren resident for his role in serving as a trailblazing role model for other people of color to enter public service. Warren Mayor Doug Franklin, who credited Saffold for his own rise in city politics, said aptly of Saffold and his most deserved honor: “I’m standing on the shoulders of a giant. This is ...

Support 2026 Harvest for Hunger drive

One accurate barometer of a community’s economic health and vitality can be measured in the scope of assistance sought for essential daily needs among its members. Using that gauge, 2025 clearly remained a year of hardship, poverty and frustration for far too many in the Mahoning Valley as free food distributions by the Second Harvest Food Bank reached a near-record high of nearly 10 million pounds. That figure, while down slightly from 2024 levels, still paints a very real picture of unacceptably high levels of food insecurity in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties. Much of ...

Trump fulfills his promise

If you wanted to look at it this way, President Trump is keeping his promise to end wars by taking out an Iranian regime that has made war on us and underwritten terrorism throughout the Middle East and the world since its 1979 revolution. In killing Iran’s top leadership, including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and 40 others, President Trump has done what no other American president would do. People with Iranian heritage took to the streets across America to celebrate and praise U.S. and Israeli forces. Isn’t it nice to see pro-American demonstrators for a change? The usual suspects, ...