Editorial Board

Hey, Ohio: Get Over Mount McKinley

There are other ways to honor one of that state's favorite presidents.

September 1, 2015 at 7:35 PM UTC

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House Speaker John Boehner believes the federal government should allow states greater freedom to govern themselves. Except when it comes to naming their mountains.

Boehner has joined many of his Ohio colleagues in criticizing President Barack Obama for removing the name of former President William McKinley -- proud son of Niles, Ohio -- from a mountain in Alaska. One Republican member of the Ohio delegation called it "insulting to all Ohioans."