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Trendy tech not always best for getting job done

Companies that jump on the latest trendy technology a little too early are often stuck with the bill when it doesn’t turn out to fulfill all its promise. In Dublin, Ohio, taxpayers had to foot the bill for a K5 autonomous security robot the police department called “DubBot,” after it failed miserably at its job. According to a report by the website Futurism, which cited a Columbus Dispatch report, DubBot helped make no arrests and issued no tickets during its less-than-a-year on the job. Or, as the department spokesperson put it, it “wasn’t meeting operational ...

Frugality, focus on necessities needed in assistance programs

A federal court has ruled against an initiative by the Trump administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and some supportive states to prohibit the use of federal nutrition assistance money from being spent on candy and sugary drinks. We can understand the frustrations of taxpayers, at ...

What other newspapers are saying: Vaccine conspiracies will have consequences

If history someday defines our current political era as one in which America inexplicably allowed preventable, once-defeated diseases to reemerge and ravage society — and that narrative is growing today with alarming clarity — the most baffling part of the story will be how we failed to see it coming. Today’s deeply misguided anti-vaccination movement didn’t start with the 2020 pandemic, but political resistance to COVID vaccination policies supercharged it. Many (including this page ) have warned in the past few years that politically driven distrust of COVID vaccines would ...

Concert should be source of pride

Just about every year, ahead of Veterans Day and ahead of Memorial Day, our editorial board notes that the role our veterans and our armed services have fulfilled in securing the American dream for our communities deserves to be honored and recognized throughout the year. We believe it is a ...

Insurance policy holders should read fine print

Thousands of insurance policies are bought each day in America, and the people who have purchased those policies usually feel some semblance of peace of mind, believing they will be protected if they are victimized by an event such as an accident, fire or weather disaster, including a ...

What other newspapers are saying: President should accept flawed deal

The White House lawn was home to a spectacle of muscle-rippling ferocity Sunday night. Testosterone oozed from every pore of the fighters kicking and slugging it out in the “Claw,” a temporary arena set up for President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday celebration. The crowd roared again and again for the Ultimate Fighting Championship matches. The iconic image of the night came after Diego Lopes, his eye swollen and bloodied, delivered a nasty knockout. He managed to climb up and balance atop the cage just long enough for photographers to capture the moment — his arms ...