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On a wrong track

Opinion: By Ed Feulner Heritage Foundation We use a variety of yardsticks to judge whether our country is


The end of campaign is near; all that remains is to vote

Editorial: It has been a long and arduous campaign in Ohio for hundreds of candidates, the supporters and


Lessons learned with ‘Broken Lives’

Opinion: Please enjoy today’s production of “Broken Lives” — an ambitious seven-day reporting effort by The


A library has the power to change a child’s life; don’t abandon it

Opinion: In the summer of 1953 a Great Recession hit our family, when my dad lost his job as a foreman at a


No, the kitten that was rescued in Austintown didn’t have nine lives

Opinion: No, the kitten that was rescued in Austintown didn’t have nine lives On the evening of Oct. 21,


Why Strickland must win

Opinion: If you haven’t made up your mind, at this late date, for whom to vote in the race for Ohio governor,


Driver drinks his way to a cell

Editorial: We know that Ohio’s prisons are already overcrowded and that the state can barely afford the $1.7


Can Y’town’s school system really afford pay increases?

Editorial: We now know that the finan- cially strapped Youngstown City School District will shell out more than


Join race against pertussis

Opinion: By Jeff Gordon McClatchy-Tribune I know there’s been a lot of attention focused on the pertussis


Federal issues key for voters

Opinion: COLUMBUS I was waiting for my son’s soccer practice to end one evening last week when one of the


Local officials shouldn’t rush to embrace scheme for casino

Editorial: Use of the word scheme in the headline — instead of proposal — with regard to a casino being touted


Candidates ignore terrorism

Opinion: Kansas City Star: In a political season defined by lots of mudslinging, those running for office


Children need candy rules

Opinion: By Kathryn Strong Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine The days of apples as favorite


Wait in the ticket line for naught

Opinion: Wait in the ticket line for naught I waited in line Tuesday morn- ing for tickets to the Saturday


China uses rare-earth deposits as leverage in dealing with US

Opinion: Kansas City Star: Rare earths are obscure elements with names like terbium that are essential for