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Opinion

Next frontier is building digital assets framework

Local Columns

Ohio has a long history of producing people who attempt what others insist cannot be done. When two bicycle mechanics from Dayton argued that human flight was possible, the response was fear — warnings about danger, disorder, and defying nature. When an Ohio inventor promoted electric light, ...

Wintry conditions impacting American Red Cross supplies

Editorial

According to a recent release, the American Red Cross urges people to take action now. Recent winter storms have had a severe impact on our efforts to rebuild the blood supply during the ongoing blood shortage. Donors of all blood types are asked to make a blood or platelet donation appointment ...

Ohio House Bill 524 warns of dangers of AI, self-harm

Editorial

(This item discusses suicide and self-harm. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline is available by calling or texting 988.) Ohio House Bill 524 aims to address a problem few could have imagined a decade or two ago: Artificial intelligence chatbots ...

The wife who wanted a floor

Local Columns

There was a wife who wanted a floor. I asked her what for, she wanted a floor. “I want a new floor ‘cause the carpet is ratty. It’s driving me batty, the carpet’s so ratty. The carpet is ratty ‘cause your boots were all muddy. We’re not poor and I want a new floor.” “New ...

Ohio’s Safe Haven isn’t just about Baby Boxes

Editorial

We don’t hear about them often — because the decision to give up a child is an excruciating one, and does not often result in their use — but another Safe Haven Baby Box has been used to legally surrender a baby in Ohio. This one was at the Delhi Township Fire Department, where ...

Ohio Senate Bill 348 would protect college-aged students

Editorial

Worried parents often warn their children — of any age — to be wary when they go out to bars and restaurants. Generations of bar patrons have received admonitions from friends and family “Keep your eye on your drink! Be careful!” Despite those warnings, too many continue to fall victim ...