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Caregivers in need of assistance

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Millions of Ohioans are caregivers for family members or neighbors in Ohio. As Ohio AARP Executive Director Jenny Carlson put it, “That’s 1 in 4 adults … holding up our health care system.” As public officials demand greater scrutiny over how Medicaid funds are used for at-home caregiving, AARP has conducted a study that shows many of the adults who are caring for aging parents and other family members are struggling financially — and nearing burnout. “Right now, it’s reaching a breaking point,” Carlson said in an interview with Statehouse News Bureau. “We have an ...

What are our tax dollars truly funding?

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Carroll, Champaign, Hardin, Harrison, Holmes, Meigs, Morgan, Noble, Preble and Vinton counties did not have a single private school during the 2025 fiscal year. Most of those students simply do not have the option to use a taxpayer-funded voucher to attend a private school. Meanwhile, Ohio spent more than a BILLION dollars on those vouchers during the same school year, with almost half of that amount coming from the expansion of the EdChoice program, according to a report by the Ohio Capital Journal. If you’re in the dark about what your tax dollars are funding with these ...

American education dooms young boys to failure

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It would be better for boys if society stopped expecting them to act like girls. A Texas mom recently shared a video of her son at his kindergarten graduation. The clip shows him squirming in his chair, playing with his hands and stretching over his seat. She captioned the video, “You’re six and the ceremony enters minute 37.” The footage went viral because the boy is cute, and the situation is so relatable for parents. But for boys, moments like this are no laughing matter. Think about most modern early elementary classrooms. Many teachers want students to spend hours a ...

America needs more, not fewer, billionaires

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Billionaires are getting a bad name. “Eat the rich” is the new mantra of the left’s greed and envy lobby. Once upon a time, we saluted and celebrated America’s empire builders who got rich but created great industries that built the richest nation on earth. Now the left in America demonizes them. We see the assault on wealth every day: wealth taxes, blue states are raising their income taxes on millionaires and billionaires, and many Democrats in Washington wanting to institute tax rates above 50%. But much of this rich-bashing isn’t based on fact. Robert Reich of the ...

Ohio SB 113 is not good legislation

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Opponent testimony is piling up against Ohio Senate Bill 113, and rightly so. The effort to “prohibit diversity, equity and inclusion in public school,” was primarily sponsored by state Sen. Andrew Brenner, R-Delaware, who introduced the measure last year but has since lost his Republican primary race. “This bill is frustratingly vague about what does and doesn’t qualify as prohibited diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives,” Ohio Federation of Teachers President Melissa Cropper said during last week’s Ohio Senate Education Committee meeting, according to a report by ...

Dems ruminate over an autopsy when they should get to work

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It seemed to take forever, but on Thursday the Democratic National Committee finally released the autopsy of its ill-fated 2024 presidential campaign. It’s bitter medicine, my Dem friends, but, as Momma used to say, take a spoonful; it’ll do you good. As midterm elections loom, Democrats would do well to recall the great humorist Will Rogers’ assessment of their 1924 convention, remembered as the longest and “wildest” in the nation’s history. Although the Democrats that year initially saw opportunity in the division and corruption plaguing incumbent President Calvin ...