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Laws of the land

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As we prepare for America 250, the celebration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, we begin thinking of the story of America, “the great experiment.” Our thoughts go to the next important document, the U. S. Constitution signed in 1787. The framers designed something that had never happened before, a unique democratic system giving power to “we the people,” making three co-equal branches of government, and setting up checks and balances to encourage cooperation and compromise. Over the past year, The Marietta Times has run a column series on the U. ...

Data centers: Where’s the beef?

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Data centers are growing exponentially all around the country. One is being discussed in Washington County, Ohio. There is no data center being planned in Wood County, W.Va., but the state government is doing everything it can to attract data centers to the Mountain State, and four sites are under consideration. At the governor’s urging, the WV state legislature passed HB 2014, which prohibits local jurisdiction over any data centers; the state will be diverting taxes from these sites from local bodies. In Washington County there is a data center under consideration in the Waterford ...

Matthews left a good impression on Marietta

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As a young photojournalist in the 1980s, I would frequently see firefighter Joe Matthews at the different fires and accidents around town. Joe was always friendly and helpful; he understood that we had a job to do and understood when I might have gotten a little closer than I should have to a ...

The value of saving a life

Editorials

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 to drugged drinks each year. According to a report by WTVG, state Sens. Louis Blessing III, R-Colerain Township, and Bill DeMora, D-Columbus, cited data that 1 in 13 college-aged people suspect they have been drugged at some point. They brought up the numbers as part of their introduction of ...

The power of the people vs. the people in power

Letters to the Editor

I’ve watched the news with horror and sadness the killing of Renee Goode and Alex Pretti during the ICE protests in Minneapolis. I’m 85 years old and the only place that I’ve see anything comparable to this was in North Korea and Russia. Goode was shot three times in the face at point blank range through the windshield and open window of her car. Pretti was taken to the ground by at least six ICE agents and shot by two agents ten times. The first shots were in his back. His last act on this earth was trying to help a woman who had been pepper sprayed and knocked to the ground. ...