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Trump voter offers only a one-sided view of unity
You and your candidate won; now we’ll see if we get the government we deserve, or the unity you say you’re looking for, writes Janice K. Parker of Parma in a letter to the editor.
Hunter Biden pardon: Darcy cartoons
Over Thanksgiving weekend President Joe Biden changed his mind about not pardoning his son Hunter, granting him a blanket pardon for being prosecuted for any actions from 2014 to 2024.
JFK’s final Thanksgiving message - a call for unity and humility
JFK's 1963 Thanksgiving address inspires hope for the future. Decency, steadfastness, courage and humility – just the words bring hope and healing, writes Ursula Korneitchouk of Cleveland in a letter to the editor.
Trump voter’s complaints resonated, but he should have called out extremist GOP rhetoric, too
Face it. Both sides of the political spectrum often refuse to admit their respective faults, writes Bob Sheridan of Lyndhurst in a letter to the editor.
Biden as presidential pardoner is a piker compared with Trump
Biden should protect the rule of law before leaving office by pardoning those at risk of prosecution from Trump’s wrath. Let the Republicans howl, writes George Magakis Jr. of Norristown, Pennsylvania, in a letter to the editor.
Lake Erie Nature & Science Center plants Artemis I Moon Tree: Katy Downing and Morgan Haines
The Moon Tree education initiative is rooted in the legacy of Apollo 14 Moon Tree seeds flown in lunar orbit over 50 years ago by the late Stuart Roosa, a NASA astronaut.
Building a culture of exceptional teaching in challenging times: Param Srikantia
Creating a culture of exceptional teaching involves mindfully staffing the university with some “gourmet faculty” who are uniquely gifted in terms of their electrifying passion, versatility in reaching a diverse body of students and unleashing their intrinsic creativity, writes guest columnist Param Srikantia.
Trump Christmas cards: Darcy cartoon
Miscarriages of the U.S. Supreme Court and Attorney General Merrick Garland forced Special Counsel Jack Smith to issue President-elect felon Donald Trump 'Get Out Of Jail' Free Cards.'
Editorial cartoons for Dec. 1, 2024: Trump tariff plan, Thanksgiving tensions, DOGE talk
The week in visual commentary.
Hugely popular, bipartisan Ohio Capital Improvement bond program deserves reauthorization: editorial
The infrastructure bond issued as part of a bipartisan capital improvement for Ohio localities transcend politics and respond to demonstrated needs with practical, visible solutions, which isn’t necessarily characteristic of all public undertakings. The Ohio House of Representatives should join the state Senate in asking Ohio voters to reauthorize, as they should, the State Capital Improvement Program, so it can keep helping Ohio localities fund critically needed community betterments, writes the editorial board of The Plain Dealer and cleveland.com.
City leaders should warm to Haslams’ dome proposal: Ted Diadiun
The Haslams need cooperation, not resistance, to make this happen. A domed stadium inland, preferably with a retractable roof, would be vastly superior to what we have now, and would go a long way to finally opening the lakefront to better uses. And best of all, it would keep me warm, writes Ted Diadiun in his column today.
Will the Matt Huffman era atop Ohio House begin to rival the late Vern Riffe’s lock on power? Thomas Suddes
In contrast to the Ohio House of Representatives stalemate this session due to a GOP split – which helped Matt Huffman pry the speakership from another Republican, incumbent Speaker Jason Stephens, of Lawrence County’s Kitts Hill – the 2025 session, the first under Huffman’s gavel, should be fast-paced. That doesn’t mean its agenda won’t be calculated. Calculation got Huffman where he’ll be in January. Calculation will help him stay there, writes Thomas Suddes in his column today.
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