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Voter accuracy program going statewide in Ohio

(The Center Square) – A pilot program targeting the accuracy of voter rolls in Ohio is now going statewide. Secretary of State Frank LaRose recently announced a new voter data integrity program that began in six counties and is now going statewide. The program uses county-specific digital dashboards to help identify voter registration discrepancies. “These data […]

IRS: 36,000 taxpayers earning $3.7 billion moved to Arizona in 2022

(The Center Square) – Arizona continues to benefit economically from more people moving to the state.  Arizona gained a net of 36,841 people, adding $3.7 billion in gross income from those newcomers from tax years 2021 to 2022, based on new Internal Revenue Service data. Data from the IRS is typically delayed and compares filings […]

Loud-mouth politics: Biden needs to campaign like it’s 1987

The first time Joe Biden ran for president, it was hard to shut him up, which contributed to his early departure. Now running his mouth may be the president’s one way to save his job. Biden faces that kind of politically existential choice after his widely panned June 27 debate performance against former President Donald […]

Horizon actor says TikTok ‘crap’ has affected audience attention spans

Actor Michael Rooker argued that modern audiences do not have long attention spans, giving a reason for the recent box office failure of Horizon: An American Saga. The three-hour Western epic, directed by and starring Kevin Costner, only grossed $11 million in its North American box office opening on June 28. When asked if modern […]

What caused the Biden-era illegal immigration spike?

Tulsa, Oklahoma, police recently arrested a thrice-deported Salvadoran illegal immigrant for the rape and murder of Rachel Morin, a mother of five, found dead in August 2023 on a Bel Air, Maryland, trail. Yet within days of the suspect’s June 14 arrest, and his extradition back to Maryland, President Joe Biden had issued a potentially unconstitutional […]

Buried beneath Biden’s terrible debate performance are even worse tax plans

President Joe Biden‘s slack-jawed, rasping, floundering, and all-around incoherent dumpster fire debate performance has drowned out any iota of substance from the news cycle in the aftermath. Not even barbs about former President Donald Trump‘s pending criminal sentencing or whether the soon-to-be 2024 Republican nominee once had sex with a porn star have penetrated the […]

Journalism in the age of bots: Where’s that news coming from?

Back in the good old days, a president could be brought down by telephone calls, exceptional “Deep Throat” sourcing in underground parking lots, and, of course, extensive and dogged reporting. Now, apparently, all we must do is type in a few words, and stories can be written in a matter of seconds by robots. Woodward […]

African eyes on the US presidential election

Queen stands looking out over the Tanzanian plains facing west — pondering the fate of the United States and what that destiny will touch on her people. Like many sub-Saharan Africans, she’s confused by the severe political divide in the world’s most powerful nation and worried about how the election and its aftermath will affect the […]

Why voters are rejecting Bidenomics

Heading into a bruising reelection fight, President Joe Biden faces an abysmal 38% approval rating on the economy. Yet the White House and much of the media blame the voters for failing to understand how good they’ve had it since 2021, with pundits and cable TV hosts trying to solve the mystery of how voters […]

How to avoid future East Palestines

The agency investigating last year’s 38-car train derailment and fire near East Palestine, Ohio, has begun teasing out its findings, with the final report coming later in July. The National Transportation Safety Board found plenty of blame to go around in the Feb. 3, 2023, derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train. For instance, that […]
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