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Opinion

Ohio played big role in allowing women to vote

Ohio has played a significant role in our country’s history on many levels — from the Underground Railroad to conquering the skies (and space). It’s no surprise the Buckeye State played a significant role in the women’s suffrage movement, too. Beginning as early as the 1850s, ...

State, federal officials probe hateful texts

“Other people have no First Amendment right to your phone and free speech doesn’t protect telephone harassment.” Attorney General Dave Yost posted those words on social media after opening an inquiry into a series of hateful texts that reached Ohioans. They were part of a nationwide ...

Reading can open new worlds for our kids

Remember the Book It! program that kept many of us interested in reading through our formative years? It is still alive and well — turning 40 this year, as a matter of fact, and has spun off into supporting a National Young Readers’ Week each November. It is billed as “the perfect ...

What can we do about Ohio’s housing crisis?

“This is in every community, far and wide.” Amy Riegel, executive director of the Coalition on Housing and Homelessness in Ohio, was speaking Nov. 4 about homelessness, poverty and the shortage of affordable housing in the Buckeye State. The number of good-paying jobs has not kept up ...

Think of sacrifices of veterans, both living and dead

On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month 106 years ago, the hostilities of World War I came (for the most part) to an end. But though it was billed as the war to end all wars, American troops have continued to put their lives on the line for the rest of us and the world during another ...

Trump win: We will reap what we sowed

DEAR EDITOR: OK, Donald Trump won. I won’t whine like 45 did. Wait a minute, I can’t whine like that because: • I don’t have billions to buy support for any lies I tell. • SCOTUS hasn’t given me the above the law status of a king. • I don’t have minions controlling Congress ...