Ohio’s governor race is being described as a coin flip between Vivek Ramaswamy and Amy Acton. That description misses the real story. Ohio is not divided into two enthusiastic camps. Committed Republicans have largely chosen Ramaswamy. Committed Democrats have largely chosen Acton. Party leaders and political consultants treat everyone else as though they naturally belong

People demanding the abolition of the Electoral College keep starting from a false premise: that the United States is one giant national democracy and the presidency should therefore go to whoever collects the largest pile of votes nationwide. That is not the country the Constitution created. America is a federal republic, a union of states

Libertarians rightly distrust government. But history shows that government is at its worst not when it regulates powerful interests, but when it protects them. Ohio SB453, which prohibits PFAS chemicals and lead in playground surfacing, deserves support because it addresses one of government’s greatest failures: allowing politically connected industries to impose toxic risks on innocent