Opinion

Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on the Russia investigation, released Thursday, lays out in anecdotes and legal analysis what U.S. Attorney General William Barr telegraphed in his March summary: There was no collusion with the Russians by candidate...

This Easter Sunday arrives with Ohio enacting one of the toughest anti-abortion laws in the nation. Much of the credit belongs to Gov. Mike DeWine. He never flinched during his campaign in stating he would sign a heartbeat bill should the state legislature hand him...

Momentum is building to end the overcharging of Ohio taxpayers for prescription drugs, but much more will be required to stop the abuse. The state Department of Medicaid should take the lead in demanding reform. A major change in Ohio’s Medicaid program last...

It’s nice to have more money in your pocket. And thanks to the 2017 tax cuts, the typical American is now paying less in taxes. But that’s not to say we’re not still sending a hefty sum of money to Washington. Tally up all the payroll and other taxes...

The Earned Income Tax Credit has proved effective in lifting people out of poverty. That especially goes for the federal version, which can route to a working parent with two children and $20,000 a year in taxable income as much as $5,700. The credit serves, among...

Apparently emboldened by Attorney General William Barr’s summary report of Robert Mueller’s Russian collusion investigation that declined to seek new indictments, President Trump and congressional Republicans have resurrected their attack on the Affordable...

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s 70th birthday on Thursday should be marked by calls to reject the revisionist history of President Donald Trump, who thinks NATO nations rip off the U.S. while relying on its military might. It’s fair to criticize...

What does Robert Mueller mean when he says that President Trump did not commit a crime, but is not exonerated either? Is Attorney General William Barr overstepping by taking possible obstruction of justice charges off the table for Trump? These and other questions...

For nearly two years, the nation has been bitterly divided by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s ongoing investigation into the 2016 presidential election and its aftermath. To President Donald Trump, the Mueller investigation has been the “single...

A credible case can be made that conservatives face considerable hostility at some universities. The problem may not be nearly as pervasive as some right-wing activists assert, but high-profile incidents in which conservative speakers have been heckled, prevented from...

With the NCAA basketball tourney kicking off this week, flooding colleges with cash, eyes turn to the perennial question of how well big-time programs educate the kids who wear their jerseys. The surprising answer, delivered Monday by The Institute for Diversity and...

Secrecy doesn’t pay. That’s the prime lesson for local officials who for more than a year illegally resisted release of Cleveland’s full (failed) bid for a new Amazon headquarters until forced to do so by the Ohio Court of Claims, which rejected the...

It is good to see the state of Ohio strive to help injured workers also avoid the added pain of opioid addiction. That’s the intended outcome of a decision by the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation to no longer cover prescriptions for OxyContin, the highly...