Breaking News

Opinion

Using religion to win votes

Editorials

Democrats have had trouble in recent years attracting conservative evangelical voters, who mostly vote for Republicans. In 2000, former Vice President Al Gore gave it a try. He failed badly when he said the first instance of pollution in the Bible is when “Abel’s blood cried out from the ground” after his brother Cain murdered him. Gore said this meant Abel’s blood had “defiled” or “polluted” the ground, rendering it incapable of yielding crops. Not exactly. Now comes Democrat James Talarico, the party’s nominee for the Texas Senate seat currently held by Republican ...

Kristi Noem rides off into the sunset

Editorials

At times, you could be forgiven for having thought that Kristi Noem wanted to be a uniformed DHS officer rather than the secretary of the department. Now, the cabinet member most inclined to glamour shots out in the field is going to have to go back to wearing civilian clothes. For all his trademark firings during “The Apprentice” and the rapid turnover of his first term, President Trump has been loathe to oust top officials this time around. Kristi Noem is the exception, and she’s earned the dubious distinction. Incompetent and preposterously self-promoting, Noem took a ...

We can and will prevail

Editorials

The past two weeks have been hard. U.S. missiles and bombs have caused as of Wednesday at least 1,300 civilian deaths in Iran, including 188 schoolchildren. Seven American service members have perished. A direct line connects this violence with the U.S. government’s violence over the past year against people in Minneapolis, Chicago and other American cities. And with the violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Behind it all is the vicious bully now occupying the Oval Office. If you’re feeling angry, you’re not alone. I see it in your comments. I’m struck by how you ...

Iran’s last hope is American division

Editorials

The United States is winning. Anyone telling you otherwise is either mistaken — or rooting for a different outcome. That may sound blunt. But it happens to be true. The Iranian regime’s best remaining strategy is not military. It is political. Tehran is not counting on its air defenses, which are being shredded. It is not counting on its ballistic missile program, which has been systematically dismantled. It is not counting on its nuclear infrastructure, which is being methodically degraded. It is counting on Americans. More specifically, it is counting on a strange and ...

Rulli floats another bad bill for Trump

Letters to the Editor

DEAR EDITOR: You would think U.S. Rep. Mike Rulli might know a thing or two about grocery stores and might have ideas on how the government can help bring down the cost of goods. I guess you would be wrong or maybe he is too busy buttering up to Trump. To date, no bills sponsored by Rulli have even been designed to help Ohioans. In fact, they place restrictions on Ohio citizens and are only designed to please Trump. Perhaps Mike is thinking ahead to his next job? STEVE SOLAK Youngstown

DeWine missed opportunities to address key issues for Ohio

David Skolnick

During his final State of the State address this week, Gov. Mike DeWine declined to discuss in detail — and not at all in some cases — the main issues that are important to Ohioans today: property taxes, the electric grid, rising utility costs and the economy. But that came as little surprise as DeWine, who is serving his eighth and final year as governor, has a different agenda than his fellow Republicans, who control the state House and Senate. DeWine took an active role in property tax reform after vetoing four items in the state budget dealing with it last year. After some ...