Opinion and Editorial

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Equal Rights Amendment began as farce but has ended in tragedy

Opinion: WASHINGTON Karl Marx was no more mistaken than usual when he said that historic people and events

Opinion: By Tom Purcell Cagle Cartoons When I was a 19-year-old college sophomore in 1982, my father gave

Opinion: By Lizet Ocampo OtherWords In a recent White House meeting on “sanctuary cities,” President

Editorial: Two celebrity deaths and release of a landmark national report coincidentally coalesced last week to

Opinion: By DICK POLMAN Cagle Cartoons Well, the so-called peace summit with North Korea has come and

Opinion: By Gene Lyons Andrews McMeel Syndication So this is what Republican “conservatives” prating

Opinion: By Josh Hoxie OtherWords As June marches on, the last college grad ceremonies are wrapping up

Editorial: Ten years ago, Ohio voters expressed their disdain for the predatory payday lending industry by

Opinion: We’ve come a long way from harmless playground jibes like “your mother wears combat boots,” to those

Opinion: By Peter Certo OtherWords Most mornings lately, I’ve woken up to two things. First I hear my

Editorial: Excitement is building fast toward this week’s opening night of the Mahoning Valley Scrappers’ 20th

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Generals plan wars, but battlefield commanders do the bloody work.

Opinion: Guns allowed in park is height of insanity Recently, I was visit- ing the playground in Boardman

Opinion: WASHINGTON Back when the Soviet Union had a first-rate nuclear arsenal but a ramshackle third-

Editorial: We are used to govern- ment, especially at the local level, acting in mysterious ways. But the