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How to beat summer slide

Opinion: Columbus Dispatch: Beware the summer slide – and we’re not talking about the new water adventure at


Tourist of a certain age

Opinion: By Danny Tyree Cagle Cartoons My family has just finished an Orlando-area vacation, and while


America’s immigration policy could use some common sense

Opinion: By Georgie Anne Geyer Andrews McMeel Syndication WASHINGTON Strangely enough, it was Notre


New trustee brings strong skill sets to Austintown

Editorial: Long gone are those folk- loric days of yore when virtually any yahoo would do to lead Ohio’s


Leave the VA alone

Opinion: By Mark Luskus OtherWords Veterans have made enormous sacrifices for the United States. The rest


McConnell is winning long game

Opinion: WASHINGTON Franklin Roosevelt, afflicted by the disease at age 39, died in April 1945 at the polio


Ivanka Trump’s company enjoys Chinese hospitality

Editorial: While President Donald J. Trump continues to pound his chest about China’s unfair trade practices,


Gambling on sports is a bad bet on so many different platforms

Opinion: “I am shocked, shocked, to find that gambling is going on in here.” — Captain Renault,


At 125, Goodwill Industries continues on growth path

Editorial: More than 3,000 years ago, ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle pinpointed the classical traits


Trump ignores his base

Opinion: By John L. MICEK Cagle Cartoons In the great din and clatter in our nationwide argument over


Big pay gaps bad for business

Opinion: By Sarah Anderson OtherWords Mattel is one of the largest toy-making companies on earth. Turns


Despite talk of blue wave, Dems could lose congressional elections

Opinion: By Dick Polman Cagle Cartoons Election day is nearly six months away, and conventional wisdom


Ohio’s congressional map should be tossed out now

Editorial: When more than 75 percent of the voters in this month’s primary election approved a constitutional


Remember the brave Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice

Opinion: By Maj. GEN. MARK E. BARTMAN Ohio Adjutant General Today is Memorial Day. It’s our opportunity


Serve those who serve us

Opinion: By Tom Purcell Cagle Cartoons Every Memorial Day, we remember those who died during active