Opinion

OH-EDITORIAL-CHARTER-SCHOOL-DROP-IN-ENROLLMENT-COULD-821-20190821 Editorial: Charter school drop in enrollment could signal stability The Columbus Dispatch News that charter-school enrollment in Ohio has continued its six-year decline probably is good — not...

Stocks tanked last week amid signs of a worsening slowdown in Germany and China, and bond investors flashed the clearest signal yet that the U.S. is courting a self-inflicted recession. Hopefully these cries of alarm from financial markets will cause President Donald...

After the mass shooting in Dayton, chanters crying “Do Something!” interrupted a speech by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine. On Friday, after a bloody week in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf did something — he signed an executive order to address...

John Kasich didn’t warm many hearts at the Statehouse recently. The former governor addressed the proposals of his successor, Mike DeWine, for expanded background checks on gun sales and “safety protection orders” to keep guns out of the wrong hands....

Facial recognition technology, which is in the very early stages of development, is too undependable and prone to inaccuracy to deploy as a law enforcement tool. That’s why Ohio Attorney General David Yost did the right thing last week in pressing the...

More than 1,170 fatal vehicle crashes were classified as school-transportation-related from 2006 to 2015, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. As children head back to school, it’s important to remind them how to stay safe, in...

Tragedy typically unites Americans. It’s part of our history; it’s in our blood. We saw it happen following 9/11. It was there when the Challenger exploded. We came together when an assassin’s bullet cut down John F. Kennedy. And we showed our might...

The fear that hovered over Los Angeles in the wake of the August 1969 killings of actress Sharon Tate and six others has, with the passage of a half-century, evolved into an odd and unseemly nostalgia. Charles Manson and his pathetic band of hangers-on have sparked a...

When the president of the United States speaks, Americans listen. That’s especially true in moments of crisis when strength and succor are required. Think: Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the Depression (“The only thing we have to fear is fear...

After years of steady improvement, the number of Ohio’s children who are covered by health insurance is suddenly slipping. From February, 2018, to May of this year, the number of Ohio children enrolled in the state’s Medicaid program fell by 3 percent....

The United States is a democracy. So let’s stipulate at the outset that anyone who wants to run for president and meets the constitutional requirements should be allowed to take a stab at it. If you can get on the ballot, you have a right to be heard....

Since Watergate, congressional hearings on juicy topics have been elevated to made-for-TV events. On Wednesday, former special counsel Robert Mueller testified before members of the House, each hoping to electrify the country as Sen. Howard Baker did back in 1973 when...

Children first. Well before he became governor last November, Mike DeWine said his administration would increase attention on and funding for our state’s youngest and most vulnerable. He reiterated it frequently on the campaign trail, and in a meeting with this...