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Opinion.

Donald Trump’s tariffs find themselves on trial

Columns

In times of national emergency, should the Supreme Court dictate America’s grand strategy and international economic policies? This question confronts the justices in Learning Resources v. Trump, a case that puts the president’s tariff powers to the test. If President Donald Trump ...

How do I love perimenopause? Let me count the ways

Columns

Menopause is so hot these days. All the cool kids are doing it, a coincidence that marks the last time I will be counted as either cool or a kid. I suppose I’m not, technically, in menopause. I’m in the preemptive stages — something I have learned is called “perimenopause,” from ...

We’d better start thinking about future jobs

Columns

The big headlines about job losses tend to focus on the big employers. Layoffs at UPS, 48,000 — at Intel, 24,000. Amazon is cutting up to 30,000 workers, and Target, 1,800. These pink slips are being dropped largely on white-collar positions. The thinking is that artificial intelligence ...

Looking to navigate a spiritual harvest

Columns

One of the things that I have most enjoyed about my commute to work in Lima during the Thanksgiving season is passing small farms and viewing the fields that are being cleared after the fall corn harvest. Much of the farmland is vast and such a peaceful sight to behold on a sunny day when ...

Get to Work for Ohioans

Editorials

Ohio lawmakers are missing an opportunity to show they are capable of stepping up when federal lawmakers do not. According to a report by the Ohio Capital Journal, there have not yet been any hearings — nor are any scheduled — for House Bill 502, “Appropriate funds for SNAP, TANF, WIC ...

Democrats want to keep borders open — most American’s do not

Columns

Who said this? “If you don’t have any borders, you don’t have a nation.” The speaker went on, “Trump did a better job. I don’t like Trump, but we should have a secure border. It ain’t that hard to do. Biden didn’t do it.” It was Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in characteristic ...