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David Trinko: Fashionable gripes about homecoming

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I would like to apologize to the girls who accompanied me to homecoming dances in high school.

Michael Reagan: Montana, where American still works

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I’m a lucky American.

Lori Borgman: Would your dad make a good president?

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We don’t often talk politics in front of the grands because it’s just all too terribly depressing. For us. We’re not that concerned about them. They’re young and may live long enough to see the nation rally.

John Grindrod: A prayer for the coming school year

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Had I been able to foretell my future back in the late 1950s and early ‘60s during my St. Charles Redwing days, there’s much that I would have had a hard time believing, not the least of which was that I would spend over 30 years teaching students who behaved a whole lot better than I ever did for the first several years of my schooling. I also would have been incredulous that school calendars would modify so drastically that the first day of a new school year would be weeks before the Tuesday after Labor Day.

Dr. Jessica Johnson: Russell’s tenacity on racial issues

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As the accolades overflowed from current and former NBA players when Boston Celtics great Bill Russell passed away peacefully on July 31, one of the unique attributes of his legacy that stands out is that he never craved attention or being in the spotlight.

Legal-Ease: For verbal farm leases, the race is on

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A majority of the farm leases for crop production in Ohio are still verbal (non-written) leases that are recognized as being “year-to-year.” In other words, the landlord or tenant can terminate the existing verbal lease each year.

Jay Ambrose: China poses a threat to the whole world

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Chinese President Xi Jinping recently warned the United States not to “play with fire” over Taiwan. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi decided to play with fire by showing up, chatting with Taiwanese leaders, offering citizens a moment of hope and giving Xi an excuse for violence.

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Will Trump hand Senate to Democrats again?

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Nineteen months ago, Donald Trump’s fixation on unproven allegations of election fraud played a major role in the Republicans’ loss of two U.S. Senate seats in Georgia and, with them, their Senate majority.

Thomas Suddes: Ohio reps voted for marriage equality

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A shout-out and a standing ovation for eight Ohio members of the U.S. House, including four Ohio Republicans, who stood up to protect same-sex and interracial marriage.

Holy Cow! History: History’s greatest grudge match

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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will face off again for the presidency in 2024. At least that’s what political insider Dick Morris tells anyone who will listen. He’s garnishing that prediction by claiming it will be “one of the greatest political rematches of all time.”