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Opinion.

Answers for East Palestine

Editorials

Last week federal officials announced there are finally plans for long-term study of the possible health outcomes after the February 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The National Institutes of Health is launching a five-year, $10 million research initiative. In announcing the ...

Positive changes at BMV

Editorials

Not every technological “upgrade” is a homerun, but at least one improvement in Ohio is paying big dividends for the state and its residents. With a change as simple as allowing certain transactions with the state Bureau of Motor Vehicles to take place online instead of in person, more ...

Accepting reality and making the most of it

Columns

My dream of raising supercharged hostas that will independently overpower all the grass and weeds around them has faded away, and reality has set in. Just about a year ago, I shared in this space what I thought was a brilliant landscaping scheme. I planned to use hostas alongside our old ...

The reinstatement of ‘Shoeless’ Joe

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Recently Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred reinstated one of the greatest baseball players of all time “ Shoeless” Joe Jackson along with seven of his teammates who were personally barred from this board by then commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis in 1921 for ...

Climate change

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Recently we have read about devastation from wildfires and strong storms. Climate scientists say we will see more of this as a result of climate change. To reduce air pollution that causes climate change we must reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Senator Lindsey Graham ...

Alt-right rant

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The recent alt-right rant from Shadysides’s self-professed political guru deserves a rebuttal: No, Democrats are not communists, the ICE protesters are not financed by the Chinese communist party, and deporting immigrants will not guarantee Republican dominance in elections. ...