Opinion
Many benefits of breastfeeding
Breastfeeding has a multitude of benefits for mother, baby, family and even community. The benefits include physical, psychological, financial and eve...
Federal funds needed to support hydropower
With all the talk about renewable energy in America, we have heard little about one old reliable source — hydropower. Fortunately, though hydroe...
Old-fashioned fair, break on fares, no GOP money to spare
It’s hard to picture many tears being shed for elected Ohio Republicans who hitched their political wagons to Rep. Larry Householder — rem...
Teach anti-racism in schools: It’s worth it
Research shows engaging directly with our country’s racist past and present helps students of all colors.Relics of America’s harrowing pas...
Celebrating farmers markets; recycle program upcoming
I’m going to start off this week with my silver lining, which is agriculture and farmers. This week we are celebrating National Farmers Market W...
Better data to fight the virus
Ohio has placed a huge amount of responsibility for keeping communities safe during this coronavirus pandemic on local authorities, particularly local...
The ‘Merk’ with a mean streak
It seems that my taste in cars dramatically changed after I sold my 1929 Pontiac, spent nearly two years in the military in Germany and returned to co...
Corrupt Republicans, naive Democrats and a company’s horrible choices
There’s plenty of blame to be cast as Ohioans begin to comprehend the scope of our state’s latest corruption scandal, which revealed an ep...
Nursing home residents must be protected
About 40 percent of the more than 146,000 Americans killed by COVID-19 have been residents of nursing homes. Somehow, despite knowing older people wit...
Supporting American PPE production
COVID-19 infection rates are once again rising in Ohio and around the country, yet too many of our frontline workers — including health care pro...
