Opinion

Don’t unplug your computer! Don’t throw away that smartphone! Just because a Google software engineer whose conclusions have been questioned says a computer program is sentient, meaning it can think and has feelings, doesn’t mean an attack of the...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine should have vetoed a bill that would allow teachers to carry guns in schools with minimal training. The bill passed the General Assembly on a largely party-line vote recently. The bill allowed teachers to carry weapons after 24 hours of initial...

Members of the Ohio Supreme Court made the correct decision by staying out of what is clearly the legislature’s business. A lawsuit against the state’s pandemic restrictions argued that the court should require legislators to enforce a portion of the Ohio...

Last week’s news that the European Union has reached an agreement to sharply curtail the purchase of Russian oil is a welcome development that signals the continent is not only united against the genocidal attack on Ukraine but that its political leaders are...

Donald Trump abused his national security power by slapping tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to support domestic producers. Now President Biden is stealing from his predecessor’s industrial policy guidebook by invoking the Defense Production Act to boost...

An audit of the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio told some stories, yet failed to tell the whole story. We’ve waited six years beyond the legal deadline for an independent fiduciary audit of the STRS. Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-based Funston Advisory...

As the murdered children of Uvalde are laid to rest this week, our nation needs to muster the courage and political will to treat rising gun violence and mass shootings as an acute public health crisis. When auto accidents claimed a large number of lives, government...

Jon Husted is taking state politics into groundbreaking new territory. It’s ground better left unbroken. The lieutenant governor joined the board of directors of Columbus area–based Heartland Bank in March. The bank job is a paid position. His job with the...

In a news conference last week, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott claimed he was “livid” after learning that he had been given less than accurate information regarding the actual circumstances surrounding the approach taken by law enforcement in the horrific mass...

The feeling is too familiar now. It hits like a shock and then twists into emotions of horror, anger, sadness and fear until it settles in the mind as a sickening numbness that we don’t know what to do with. The place this time is Uvalde, Texas. The deaths...

As deadly fentanyl claims more Ohio lives, evidence-based treatment is among the answers Ohio and the nation are confronted with a drug abuse crisis typified by misuse of the powerful deadly synthetic opioid, fentanyl. And the death count continues to rise. Little...

We live in a time of rapid and massive change. How Ohio institutions deal with that change is in the midst of intense debate. The key issue is who should steer the response to change, the people most affected or the people most powerful? Two recent decisions well...

They don’t try to communicate, and they don’t respond when we try to communicate with them. They speed away if we get too close. They move faster than anything known in this world and violate the laws of physics. At least 11 times, they’ve nearly...

Just about every teacher, parent and student who endured the sad and dragged-out mess of online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic understands that it was a disservice to young people. It hurt them academically and emotionally, and whatever was gained from a public...

A move by state lawmakers to strip local governments of the power to appoint members of the local health board is, in our view, a continuing abuse of power. It’s also unneeded, unnecessary and dangerous. State Rep. Scott Wiggam, R-Wooster, chairman of the House...

The most troubling problem with the Biden administration’s new Disinformation Governance Board is how little information the government has released about it. The Department of Homeland Security announced the board in late April, yet little has been forthcoming...

In a heartening example of cross-aisle cooperation for the benefit of Ohio, U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, a suburban Cincinnati Republican, says he’s joining with Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Cleveland Democrat, to help craft and get across the finish line compromise...

The public square was consumed Tuesday with speculation about the future of abortion in the United States. That’s understandable, following the publication of a draft Supreme Court opinion overturning the landmark decision in Roe v. Wade. For the moment,...

During last week’s Ohio State Parks Week, many Buckeye State residents might have been surprised to learn there are 75 state parks, with recreational opportunities ranging from kayaking on Lake Erie to hiking to gorgeous, historic forests and formations....

Attacking “waste, fraud and abuse” is a common promise made by both parties, but too often forgotten after the campaigning is over. On the touchy issue of student loan debt forgiveness, President Joe Biden can hardly afford to forget. On the one hand,...