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Opinion.

Driving safe at any age

Editorials

Every once in a while, politicians will float the question of whether drivers should have to retake their tests as a requirement for license renewal after a certain age. With age comes the possibility of reduced vision, perhaps hearing loss, reduced reflexes and other changes we all laugh about ...

Decency makes its way to ballot in Virginia

Columns

In 2017, in a special Senate election in Alabama to replace Jeff Sessions, Alabama’s electorate sent Democrat Doug Jones to the U.S. Senate after a series of disturbing allegations about Republican candidate Roy Moore. In 2022, Georgia voters elected every statewide Republican candidate ...

When did the other party become biggest enemy?

Columns

Just after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a New York Times/Siena poll found that Americans believe polarization is the second most serious challenge facing the nation. (The economy came in first.) As recently as one year ago, fewer than 1% of registered voters cited polarization as a ...

Inside the politics of the shutdown, Obamacare, crime and deportations

Columns

One more time: There is no such thing as free lunch. Government has no money. It acquires the money used to pay for things one of three ways: Taxing, borrowing or printing. Democrat senators, with three exceptions, voted against keeping the federal government fully running because they want ...

Religion and education

Editorials

First, state lawmakers wanted to make sure teachers understood what they were NOT allowed to teach; now they are introducing the bits they do want teachers to include, despite repeated insistence they are not serving their own personal agendas by doing so. Ohio educators at all levels have ...

It’s fall, y’all — time to prepare for what’s next

Columns

It’s time to batten down the hatches, apparently. There’s a crisp chill in the air these days, especially after the sun goes down. Leaves are changes colors and falling to the ground. Geese are honking loudly as they pass by overhead, making their way south for the winter. All these ...