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Earth Day reaches a 55th anniversary

Editorials

The year 1970 was eventful. Consider some notable happenings: — President Nixon ordered U.S. forces to cross into neutral Cambodia, which widened the Vietnam War. His decision ignited nationwide riots including the Kent State shootings resulting in four dead students and others injured. — A jury found the Chicago Seven defendants not guilty of conspiring to incite a riot from charges stemming from the violence at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. The social climate was smoldering. — President Nixon signed the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, banning ...

Trump administration providing tech leadership

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: In April 2020, as America faced unprecedented challenges, the Trump administration made a forward-thinking decision that has quietly transformed our digital economy and strengthened America’s technological leadership. The Federal Communications Commission under President Trump made the decision to take action to meet our country’s ever-growing need for Wi-Fi spectrum, and voted unanimously to open the 6 GHz spectrum band for unlicensed use — essentially quadrupling the airwaves available for Wi-Fi and similar technologies. Five years later, this decision has proven ...

May you all enjoy a joyous Easter holiday

Editorials

Good morning/afternoon and a very glorious and happy Easter weekend to all of you. It is a special time for sure. Yes, let the Easter season be joyous despite all that many have endured of late such as inflation, lawlessness, on-and-off tariffs and ceaseless post-election backwash that you can’t avoid unless living in a cave. If that. Let’s put incendiary narratives — of which there are many — to the side for a while. Instead, how about all of us relishing time today and Sunday with family members and friends. Especially — seriously — since egg prices have sort of ...

Enthusiasm strong for Ramaswamy and Walz

Columns

The biggest takeaway from the Mahoning County Republican Party Lincoln Day dinner, headlined by Vivek Ramaswamy, and the town hall with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is that this area is not lacking in political enthusiasm. This is the case even though the presidential election was five months ago, and we’re in an off-election year with only local government candidates on the ballot. The statewide election is more than a year away. The impact of that presidential election is being felt with Republicans still excited about Donald Trump’s victory and his subsequent policies with a ...

Organ donors certainly are live-saving heroes

Editorials

Most of us have the luxury of not thinking much about organ donation. But we should. “It’s one of the most profound gifts we can give, that transcends all boundaries and … saves lives,” said Brenda Hooper, intensive care unit clinical nurse manager at WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center and the hospital’s organ donation liaison. During an event last week at the hospital with Lifeline of Ohio, Ben Burns recounted his own realization after learning of the difference his father’s donation had made for a single mother in Texas. Now, he is an advocate — mentioning organ ...

Ohio is ‘all aboard’ with pursuing rail transportation

Editorials

It was a small thing. Just $25,000 included in this year’s state budget to let Ohioans know its elected representatives support the idea of real passenger rail transportation options for the state. The money will let the Ohio join the Interstate Midwest Passenger Rail Commission, according to a report by WBNS. That, in turn, will lead to conversations with Amtrak, the Federal Railroad Administration and others. A representative of All Aboard Ohio told WBNS there is work being done on a rail line that would connect Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Dayton. There is another proposed ...