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Fake images are a growing concern

Legal experts say faked sexual images of real people are so new that federal law dealing with the problem is lagging. The experience of a New Jersey high school should, however, motivate Congress and/or state legislatures to implement strong measures and penalties to battle this potentially destructive, horrific and unconscionable enemy of innocence and decency. An intentionally inflicted, unrelenting nemesis such as the one in question can push a young, immature, fearful and confused mind to want to resort to suicide to escape his or her personal torment and nightmare, in much the ...

Make the EPA plan work to benefit all Americans

Among the stops on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan’s “Journey to Justice” tour were several poor and minority communities in Appalachia. In this case, Regan is after what the Biden administration terms “environmental justice.” One of the aims is to clean up pollution and develop clean energy in those communities. Regan said the program “has the promise to turn disadvantaged and overburdened areas into healthy, resilient and thriving communities for current and future generations.” To that end, another $2 billion in federal funding has been ...

Ohioans deserve better from their public officials

Last Monday, Ohioans learned another significant figure has been indicted in the bribery scandal that exposed the dark side of Columbus politics. Former chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Sam Randazzo was indicted by a federal grand jury on bribery and embezzlement charges for his alleged part in what federal prosecutors have called the largest political bribery scandal in Ohio history. As part of an agreement, FirstEnergy has said two of its former executives paid Randazzo $4.3 million ahead of his appointment by Gov. Mike DeWine to be the state regulator overseeing ...

Increased transportation could be heading down Ohio’s tracks

Though passenger railroads once criss crossed our region, Ohio has become flyover country for many in the U.S. Those living in the Buckeye State who wish to travel have largely been limited to planes and automobiles, as the option to board trains has disappeared. But expansion projects announced Tuesday by U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, may change that. U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration officials have selected four routes in Ohio as priorities for Amtrak expansion: Cleveland-Columbus-Dayton-Cincinnati, the 3C+D corridor; Cleveland-Toledo-Detroit; ...

Let us not forget what happened 82 years ago

It was the most profound and cowardly sneak attack in the history of man. At exactly 7:55 a.m., on Dec. 7, 1941, the United States was suddenly plunged into a great conflict that would become World War II. The Imperial Japanese Navy struck at Pearl Harbor. And struck hard. The United States’ Pacific Fleet was ravaged. The Japanese sank four battleships, three cruisers and three destroyers. Destroyed were 188 American aircraft. Wounded were 1,282 service personnel. The American death total numbered 2,402. What took the Japanese mere minutes to do on a beautiful Hawaiian Sunday morning ...

District Judge is making the right decisions for Ohioans

U.S. District Judge Michael R. Barrett is right to avoid the mistakes made by politicians such as Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, as he denies a group of anti-abortion advocates the ability to advise on litigation over abortion clinic transfer agreements. Barrett is working on how the abortion rights amendment Ohio residents approved last month will be affected by the case. And the national, state and local-level anti-abortion groups and individuals who banded together made it easy for Barrett to dismiss them when they told the court they have “direct and vital interests in ...