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Opinion | Our Voice | Columns Todd Franko Bertram de Souza David Skolnick Ernie Brown | Letters


In search of a truce to end war on Planned Parenthood

Editorial: The ongoing bombastic war against the Planned Parenthood Federation of America has intensified


Where is the consensus seeking a probe of state department of education?

Editorial: The State Board of Educa- tion is made up of 19 members, 11 who are elected and eight who are


First presidential debate puts GOP in a quandary

Editorial: With the first republican debate of the 2016 presidential election out of the way, the candidates,


Canfield tax levy defeat could signal fall trouble

Editorial: The crushing defeat of a 0.5 percent income tax increase in a special election this week in


Voting Rights Law is 50, but its future is uncertain

Editorial: Fifty years ago, AmericanS were forced to face the bitter truth about this nation’s racist


As our roads crumble, Congress plays games

Editorial: Who says our current crop of U.S. senators and representatives on Capitol Hill cannot be labeled


YSU can take pride in its thumbs-up from Forbes

Editorial: There are more than 2,000 four-year institutions of higher learning in the United States with a


State should deny parole to infamous Warren killer

Editorial: How many breaks should a cold-blooded murderer get? That’s a question that will confront the Ohio


‘Marijuana cartel’ would make out like drug lords

Editorial: Here’s a question for the investors who are shelling out millions of dollars to persuade Ohio voters


Celebrating the value of Medicare, Medicaid at 50

Editorial: Think government, and many Americans instinctively think distress, dissatisfaction and


Obama criticizes leaders in Africa, but stops short of issuing an indictment

Editorial: President Barack Obama, hailed as a son of Africa during his five-day visit to the economically and


Gutting school libraries shortchanges all students

Editorial: Are public school libraries fast becoming the neglected and mistreated bastard children of our


ADA has helped us see people with disabilities in much different light

Editorial: Sometimes – not always, but sometimes – Congress has the ability to do more than pass a law. It can


Kasich’s presidential bid may be too little, too late

Editorial: After an inauspicious launch of his campaign for the Republican nomination for president, Ohio Gov.


Intensify attack on roaches who deal heroin, ruin lives

Editorial: The heroin trade today clear- ly ranks among the most lucrative growth industries in our region,