Columns

I have not read all of the reports or watched all of the public service announcements recently made concerning the increase in the number of jury duty no-shows.

As Republicans target crime as a focal point in the upcoming election, what they fail to acknowledge is that seven of the states in the top 10 with the highest per capita crime rate are all red states.

There’s no question about it: Ohioans are getting hammered by inflation and rising costs – at the grocery store, the gas pump and just about anywhere they see a price tag. Working people need relief now, and it’s why I’ve relentlessly advocated for a middle-class tax cut that will help families shoulder this pain.

There’s no delicate way to say this, so here goes. Your great-great-grandparents had a weird thing about hair.

There are two reasons voters should think about immigration when they go to the polls (or however they cast ballots these days). First and most apparent is the fallout of President Biden’s border crisis on communities all over the country. But second is what the administration’s willful violation of immigration law means for all other areas of policy.

After Barack Obama’s victory in the 2008 presidential election, many political experts expected increasing immigration would hand Democrats consistent electoral victories in the future.

When I think of the dogs I’ve had in my life - my boyhood pooch, Daisy; my adulthood companion, Lizzie; and my granddog, Maggie - the thing I remember best is they were always happy to see me. And they proved it by barking excitedly and slobbering all over my pants.

It’s been said that we can not live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects.

You know what’s really conservative?

We danced together outside the store. We sang along to songs we barely knew. We chased each other around the house.