Opinion and Editorial

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Keep the rhinos alive

Kansas City Star: Poaching of rhinoceroses in Africa has been increasing quickly and is now at a 15-


NOTABLE AND QUOTABLE

Opinion: “Barack Obama being the president has meant absolutely nothing to white law enforcement officers.


What’s in store for Iran? Look to the past

Opinion: What comes next in troubled Iran, especially after former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s


There’s a new path to immigration reform

Opinion: President Obama recently held a White House meeting on immigration and Sen. Charles M. Schumer,


U.S. knee-deep in trouble; getting deeper

Opinion: “How high’s the water, mama? Two feet high and risin’...” That old Johnny Cash song is a useful


Boardman police blind to township’s fiscal collapse

Editorial: In a matter of weeks, Boardman Township government will know the extent of its financial collapse,


Climate change not on China’s agenda

Opinion: WASHINGTON — Unfortunately, China’s president had to dash home to suppress ethnic riots. Had he


Will overlooked some facts

Opinion: Will overlooked some facts EDITOR: George Will accuses UPS of “bending public power for private


Pop tax a bad idea

Opinion: Pop tax a bad idea EDITOR: Our industry supports improving health care in America. We also


Spread out the slot machines

Opinion: Spread out the slot machines EDITOR: As a resident, voter and taxpayer in Ohio, I and many other


Notable and Quotable

Opinion: “I have heard of driving while black and even shopping while black but now even going to your own


No basis for government-run health care

Opinion: Is there a coherent argument for government-controlled medical care or are slogans and hysteria


A lying murderer conned the Ohio Parole Authority; Strickland must see the truth

Editorial: A lying murderer conned the Ohio Parole Authority; Strickland must see the truth One of the most


Smoky Hollow project will be a reality

Opinion: On July 11, more than 250 runners and walkers descended on Smoky Hollow from all over the Mahoning


Has racial bias in U.S. come to an end? Hardly

Opinion: I knew it would happen. But so did others. We knew the election of the first black president would