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A trip to the grocery store can be eye-opening for Trump

Columns

CCTV captured this (completely fake) conversation between President Donald Trump and a grocery store clerk yesterday. CLERK: That’ll be $286.47, Mr. President. TRUMP: Did you swipe my customer rewards card? I thought the Twinkies were half off. CLERK: Yes, I did, but we’re doing this new thing where you have to download our app, log in, create a profile, find the item, scan the bar code and select “clip coupon” to get the discount. TRUMP: Well, that sounds annoying and difficult. CLERK: I’m pretty sure that’s the point. TRUMP: Eh, all right, I just did it. ...

The cautionary tale of Sherrone Moore

Columns

As I have followed the tragic downfall of former University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore, I kept thinking about how just one week ago he expressed excitement for the Wolverines’ upcoming matchup in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl against Texas. Although Michigan ended the season with three losses, including a defeat in The Game against Ohio State, Moore’s future as a coach seemed promising. As a Buckeye fan and alumna, I was thrilled that we beat Moore this year and ended our four-game losing streak against that team up north. Moore led the Wolverines, the youngest squad in the ...

Europe still being threatened by several dangerous ideologies

Columns

Nothing bothers the European elite as much as American conservatives praising the European foundations of their shared, but threatened, Western civilization. Europeans especially resent having their social-welfare state system critiqued by upstart, crass Americans. Their pique only increases as they push back against the condescending American idea that the U.S. could possibly offer any constructive advice, much less help a more civilized Europe follow the “American model.” Americans, in turn, are worried that Europe is not just stagnating but is on a trajectory of permanent ...

Manufacturing still matters

Editorials

Data centers are getting a lot of attention in Ohio, but one organization reminds us the backbone of the Buckeye State economy is still an industry with a more human touch. The Ohio Manufacturing Association released its 2025 Ohio Manufacturing Counts report Thursday, in which the analysis shows manufacturing is the largest private sector contributor to the state’s economy. The sector is responsible for 16.5% of Ohio’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as of 2024, leading among Ohio’s 19 private economic sectors. The manufacturing provides payroll totaling $49.9 billion, the highest ...

The plan to save Congress for the GOP

Columns

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles says she has a plan for keeping Congress in Republican hands in next year’s midterm elections. In an interview with the online show “The Mom View,” Wiles said she hasn’t informed the president about her plan, but said it involves putting him on the road to sell to voters what he believes to be his and the Republican Congress’s policy successes. The big question is whether more than the most dedicated Trump supporters will buy it. One of those who claim Trump has not done as good a job as he promised is the retiring Rep. Marjorie ...

Yes, it’s time for us to revive the Monroe Doctrine

Columns

President Trump likes putting his name on things, so maybe it was inevitable he’d get his own corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. Truth be told, what the president’s just-released national security strategy sets out as a new proposition is really a restatement of the Lodge Corollary, named after Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge in 1912. That proviso prohibited any foreign power or interest from gaining “practical power of control” in the Western Hemisphere. Naming rights aside, the treatment of our hemisphere is a strong element of the strategy. The so-called Trump corollary aims ...