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Opinion.

Remembering Judge Fregiato

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I was very much saddened to learn of the recent passing of the Honorable Frank A, Fregiato, whom I have long considered to have been a true friend, as well as a long time area icon who contributed greatly in helping make Belmont County an even better place to live and to ...

Tough-Guy Progressivism Is Itching For A Fight oit

Columns

On Saturday, Larry Krasner, the elected Democratic district attorney of Philadelphia, posted a photo of himself on social media. It was a black-and-white picture of a stern-looking Krasner in a dark suit, one hand to his sunglasses. At the bottom of the photo, in all caps, was “FAFO,” which ...

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 ...