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Opinion

SB. 156: ‘Success sequence’ bill deserves to fail

Editorials

No two Ohioans’ life and career paths look the same. Every individual finds their own way. And what qualifies as “success” to one person might mean nothing to another. Ask any classroom teacher whether a one-size-fits-all approach to helping students succeed will work and they may well ...

Editor’s Notes: The best things in life are furry

Local columns

The weather hasn’t exactly played nice over the past several days — 80 degrees and sunny one minute, 35 degrees and raining the next — but once this March lion calms down we may finally start to be able to enjoy the wonders of spring in our region. One way to do that is by visiting the ...

Wastin’ Time: A new venture with Jess Mancini

Free Time

I’m talking to Art Smith at the newspaper about retirement and he says I should write a column. I say I don’t know what to write about and I don’t want to be tied down. He says it’s easy, just do it as soon as you get an idea. Art writes a weekly piece, “The Way I See It,” a ...

Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Corner: The broken promise of natural gas

Local columns

The March 12, 2025, edition the Marietta Times ran a front-page story on reports touting the importance of natural gas and oil to the region. It was noted in these reports that Mahoning and Trumbull counties were tops in natural gas production in the state. In its subsequent edition (March 13) ...

Op-ed: Build economic freedom for every West Virginian

Local columns

As a business owner, common sense conservative and lifelong West Virginia Republican, I have witnessed a remarkable transformation as Republicans achieved supermajority control of our state Legislature over the past decade. When my father, former Congressman David B. McKinley, served in a ...

Op-ed: Article 3 of the U.S. Constitution – the Supreme Court

Local columns

Earlier articles in this series have discussed the sections of the Constitution that formed the Congress and the executive. The Colonies had always had their own courts that dealt with their own problems. The Framers concluded that the federal government had its own issues that could not be ...