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Opinion.

Keep the flu at bay

Editorials

It is the season during which many of us simply accept that we will get the common cold or come down with the flu, but failure to do all we can to prevent such viruses can be dangerous. In some cases, it can be deadly. Recently, Ohio reported its first pediatric flu death of the season — a ...

Tragedy and reality on a street in Minnesota

Columns

Renee Good died on Wednesday in Minneapolis. She had been attempting to block Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents engaged in federal law enforcement activities. Along with other protesters, Good involved herself in what federal agents were doing and used her car to block them. Confronted ...

It’s all about how we have chosen to plunder

Columns

The Wall Street Journal editorial board has delivered its share of idiocies over the past few years, but its response to the capture of Nicolas Maduro has set a new standard. Calling the military intervention “justified” because Venezuela had allied with “Russia, China, Cuba, and Iran,” ...

Scandals offer a reason for us to rethink government welfare system

Columns

As for the estimated $8 billion in government (taxpayer) money stolen by crooks in Minnesota, people demand answers to many questions. But the 800-pound elephant/question goes unasked: Why is government in the business of welfare in the first place? Where in the Constitution does it permit ...

Elected office is a special calling

Editorials

All across the Ohio Valley, we’ve seen new faces in elected offices swear their oaths to their new offices, beginning their new journeys in their new roles as elected officials. First, let us thank you. To be an elected official is a special task to take on. It’s a calling. Praise is ...

How Donald Trump Finally Buried Iraq Syndrome

Columns

Something crucial happened with President Donald Trump’s recent actions in Venezuela. In fact, taken together with his earlier moves abroad, they mark the substantive death of what might be called the “Iraq syndrome” -- a paralyzing mindset that has distorted American foreign policy for ...