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Pass the SAVE America Act

At this writing, the House is expected to pass the SAVE (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility) America Act, after which it will move to the Senate. The challenge will be in the Senate, where at least seven Democrats are needed to join 53 Republicans to reach the 60 needed to pass the filibuster plateau. Should this bill be passed and signed into law? Absolutely. The core premise of this bill is beyond any question or dispute — that anyone voting in a federal election must be a U.S. citizen and provide documentation to prove it. In a 2025 Pew Research survey, 83% said they ...

AI companion apps exacerbate teen mental health concerns

Troubling stories about dangerous encounters with chatbots continue to surface in the news, with two recent reports from NPR that focused on teen suicide and mental health worsening due to people seeking “sentient” relationships with artificial intelligence. The teen suicide story ran last September, featuring grieving parents, Matthew and Maria Raine, and Megan Garcia, who shared heartbreaking ordeals of their sons taking their lives after engaging with chatbots. The Raines’ son, Adam, committed suicide in April of last year, and they had no idea of his involvement with ...

Would a DOGE work in Ohio?

Lawmakers who were sent by voters to Columbus to cut wasteful spending and unnecessary layers of government have an interesting idea in front of them in state House Bill 520. The measure, now sitting in the House Local Government Committee would “establish and convene a Blue Ribbon Committee in each county to review and assess each taxing unit within the county and each county program or department to identify duplication of services and generally to streamline and improve county efficiency and effectiveness.” One could point out the irony of attacking inefficient, multilayered ...

Here come the Clintons (again)

After refusing a subpoena to appear before the House Oversight Committee and only after it became clear the committee that includes several Democrat members would vote to hold them in contempt of Congress, Bill and Hillary Clinton announced they would give sworn depositions concerning what they know about the convicted sex offender, the late Jeffrey Epstein. The Clintons will be put under oath as is the usual practice with such depositions. Given their record of shading the truth and telling outright lies, why would anyone believe what they say? Here are just a few examples of what ...

‘Once Upon a Time’ is a place we can find again

“Where is the good news?” my son asked the other day, the kind of simple question that can only come from a child. Obvious, sensical, trusting. He still believes in our essential goodness and still wants to know about humanity’s small kindnesses and large achievements. We had been talking about doomscrolling on the way to school, our very modern addiction to pain and suffering. “People want to know what’s happening in the world — sometimes,” I had explained, unable to stop myself from adding the caveat, admitting my repulsion at current events. My children wanted ...

Food deserts have become urban, rural Ohio problem

Food insecurity may seem to many of us like a problem for someone else, somewhere else. For others, it is an urgent and very personal worry. A map produced by the Institute for Local Self Reliance shows there are food deserts in every state. In Ohio, they are growing. According to a report by the Ohio Capital Journal, the institute defines an urban food desert as a low-income census tract with at least 500 people or 33% of the population living a mile or more from the nearest supermarket, large grocery or supercenter; rural food deserts have the same parameters with the exception of ...