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  • Prayer, a grand duke and Easter

    This Easter season, I will reflect on how prayer and faith guided Congressman Sarpalius throughout his life. I will also pray for those communities that during times of darkness maintain their faith. Happy Easter! He is Risen!
  • I feel better already...maybe
    I was 22 years old the last time we sent humans to the moon. I got all warm and fuzzy Wednesday evening watching Artemis II blast off. Even though these astronauts are only circling the moon, to again have humans in its vicinity is something.
  • Good information is hard to find
    The competing echo chambers on the left and right are not committed to presenting accurate information, but rather what they consider politically advantageous information. They don’t seek to inform or even persuade a compliant public but to instruct.
  • The Straits of Hormuz should not be a U.S. problem
    President Trump’s next challenge is to figure out a way of delinking the price of American oil from the fixed global price, if that can be feasibly done. American companies would then be free to charge lower prices to friendly buyers, including American gas stations.
  • Verdicts are in: Big tech knowingly harmed children
    Last week marked a watershed moment in the fight to hold Big Tech accountable for harming a generation of American children. For the first time, juries in New Mexico and California found that social media companies have designed their products to addict minors, damaging their mental health while exposing them to appalling harms.
  • Ohio’s capital-punishment gridlock a ‘mockery’ to justice and victims
    “During my years as attorney general, not a single sentence has been carried out – a mockery of the justice system and of the dead and their families,” Yost said. “For the worst-of-the-worst killers, Ohio is wandering in a wilderness of lawlessness and desert of justice.”
  • Why we were right to deploy missile defense in Europe
    Nearly 15 years ago, I sat across negotiating tables in Ankara, Bucharest, and Warsaw, working with our NATO allies on what was then a controversial question: Was the Iranian missile threat real – and urgent enough to justify building a new missile defense architecture across Europe?
  • Ohio Supreme Court decision: Columbus can appeal trial court’s preliminary injunction of gun laws
    Columbus can appeal a trial court’s 2023 order temporarily blocking two gun-related local laws from taking effect, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled today, finding the city had a right to seek immediate enforcement of its newly enacted laws.
  • Americans believe in our founding principles, but don’t think we’re living up to them
    In the coming months, Americans will be invited to celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday. The U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission aims to commemorate the signing of the Declaration of Independence by engaging “all 350 million Americans by our nation’s 250th anniversary.”
  • The Senate is broken, and it’s time to change the rules
    If the filibuster does end, we all might be surprised to find senators attempting to find common ground on more issues to help ensure bills pass with bipartisan support, thereby reducing the chance of being overturned when the other side regains power. At this point, I’m willing to make that change.
  • Tippy, Chapter 13
    Well, Penelope was a gem I had not planned on finding. We had fun running through the woods and out in the field that was next to the woods.  
  • Legal Legacy: Sam Sheppard 'The Fugitive'
    In 1954, a violent crime inside a lakefront Bay Village home drew national attention. Marilyn Sheppard was bludgeoned to death, and her husband, osteopathic physician Sam Sheppard, became the prime suspect. The subsequent trial and appeals were among the most highly publicized in Ohio history and later set the standard for how courts manage intense media coverage to protect the defendant’s right to a fair trial.
  • As I knew I should do
    I knew that it was time for me to head back up the hill and start my next task, refinishing the wooden floor of the little cabin that we had laid when we first came to the valley, 23 years ago.
  • Tom Purtell is Leesburg’s conduit of good sportsmanship
    This obscure benefactor seeks no attention; however, if student athletes could be aware of his input, perhaps they could make sure they know who this Tom Purtell is and just give him a warm greeting when they see him at games, especially basketball and base/softball.
  • It was the only way
    Sounds horrible. A father who loved his child deeply, but had to make the decision to deliberately let her die. So that others could live, and have the opportunity to be with their loved ones for a full life. Same thing God the Father did to His Son thousands of years ago. For you and I. And so many misunderstand His heart and His actions too.
  • North Adams student is our Citizen of the Week (month & year)
    In spite of the unfortunate ending to this column, my thoughts and appreciation go to young Kayde, our neighbors who stopped by to help, and the deputy from the Adams County Sheriff's Office. You all should be commended for trying. I thank you.
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