Opinion and Editorial

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Welfare state is a failure

Opinion: By Robert Rector and Charles A. DONOVAN Heritage Foundation To hear Washington politicians tell


Puerto Rico holds key for GOP

Opinion: WASHINGTON A Republican governor — a very Republican governor — has an idea for solving one of his


Lucky fights for Love

Opinion: Lucky Penny is ready for a chamber of commerce ribbon-cutting on his downtown nightclub. He’s ready

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The joy of coming home to YSU

Opinion: The joy of coming home to YSU Recently I had the oppor- tunity to travel “home” to Youngstown and


All public employees must pay

Opinion: The 33 percent number must have felt like a jolt from a Taser. After all, if the 33 percent can be


Would Cleveland be right choice?

Opinion: COLUMBUS The Ohio Democratic National Committee has selected Cleveland among the four finalist


City, county prosecutors need to get on same page

Editorial: Five months ago, the clash was over the reduction in court-ordered bond that resulted in Jamar


Brawl in the hall raises issues

Editorial: Brawl in the hall raises issues A brawl in the Youngstown Mu- nicipal Court hallway has reopened


China should free U.S. citizen

Opinion: Kansas City Star: Since its turn to market economics in the 1970s, China has widely prospered and


A flaw in Defense of Marriage Act?

Opinion: By Andrew Koppelman Los Angeles Times Last week, a federal court in Massachusetts held


What is the purpose of law?

Opinion: A federal judge in Boston has ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) passed by Congress (427


Probe of BP’s role in release of Pan Am bomber justified

Editorial: When Abdel Baset Ali al-Megra- hi, the mass murderer in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over


Delphi retirees keep up the fight

Opinion: Delphi Corp. salaried retirees, who’ve lost up to 70 percent of their pensions, learned the hard way


OPINION: The excitement of building new cars never gets old

Editorial: We’ve been here several times before since April 28, 1966, when the first Chevrolet Impala rolled


Don’t close Chicago locks

Opinion: Don’t close Chicago locks In a panic, many have suggest- ed that the locks in the Chicago be