John M. Crisp: How does the world end? Take your pick
Pardon my beginning the New Year with an ominous observation: Our culture manages to function year after year against a mostly unacknowledged backdrop of...
Editorial: Education gap growing in Ohio
A national assessment on education delivered troubling news for Ohio. Not only has the state slipped from 18th last year to 23rd today (after...
Chicago Tribune: North Korea tests the world with its latest nuclear detonation
JAN. 7, 2016 — The earth rumbled beneath the Korean peninsula Tuesday evening, signaling an underground nuclear test by rogue nation North Korea. Pyongyang...
Orange County (Calif.) Register:
JAN. 6, 2016 — The U.S. has been caught spying on foreign heads of state — again. And just as with the tapping of...
Chicago Tribune: Winning the war against teen smoking
JAN. 4, 2016 — Here’s a breathtaking statistic: Teen smoking has plummeted by half or more in just five years. Half!More teens than ever...
Chicago Tribune: Iran blusters, Obama blinks
JAN. 6, 2016 — Last Wednesday morning, the Obama administration notified Congress that it was about to slap new economic sanctions against Iran for...
Chicago Tribune: Will bananas become extinct?
JAN. 2, 2016 — Americans of a certain age can recall the good old days when bananas were bigger, sweeter and creamier than the...
Los Angeles Times: The logic of deportation
DEC. 29, 2015 — Reports out of Washington suggest that the Obama administration is planning to sweep up and deport hundreds of families whose...
Chicago Tribune: A watershed apology by Japan for a heinous wartime crime
DEC. 31, 2015 — For Japan, World War II is not resolved history. It is, incredibly, a recurring controversy.Several times in recent decades, Japan’s...
Editorial: Presidential race deserves media’s serious coverage
Memo from Ohio news media to the public: Message received. You deserve better, more meaningful coverage of presidential elections. That’s a particularly urgent challenge...
