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“I will fight this unjust verdict with every ounce of energy I have.”

Opinion: “I will fight this unjust verdict with every ounce of energy I have.” Sen. Ted Stevens, 84 After


State inaction on funding public education to blame

Editorial: Another year, another missed opportunity by state government to deal with Ohio’s unconstitutional


States must learn how to conduct elections

Opinion: Escalating rage over the role of ACORN in registering presumably Democratic voters threatens to


Obama will drive money out of U.S.

Opinion: Chief Justice John Marshall said it all in one sentence: “The power to tax is the power to destroy.”


Proud to be mainstream

Opinion: When first I wrote for money, it was on an Underwood 5 manual typewriter on pulp paper that still


Big Three should purge urge to merge

Opinion: OXFORD, Ohio — Detroit is feeling the urge to merge. The Big Three automakers are burning through


Payday lending is a plague

Opinion: Payday lending is a plague EDITOR: In his Oct. 20 letter, Tim Miller, communications director


“It’s shocking. It’s unreal. We had been praying that it would not come to this.

Opinion: “It’s shocking. It’s unreal. We had been praying that it would not come to this. We know it’s a


Obama is playing with fire on trade

Opinion: Perhaps the most important question raised in the last presidential debate was the one that got the


For Ohio Supreme Court, Stratton and O’Connor

Editorial: For Ohio Supreme Court, Stratton and O’Connor We don’t like every decision the Ohio Supreme Court


President’s policies could destroy desert Southwest

Opinion: Late last month, my wife and I took one of our semi-regular treks in the Grand Canyon, a two-day,


Obama is best for our Valley’s economy

Opinion: In the face of a stiff wind, the Mahoning Valley has begun inching forward. We’re battling years of


Go West (or East), young broker

Go West (or East), young broker Scripps Howard News Service: Dispatches out of Manhattan report a


City schools must write new kind of success story

Opinion: City schools must write new kind of success story EDITOR: Just once, the Youngstown Board of


Health care key issue in Arizona

Opinion: WASHINGTON — On Election Day, Arizonans can give the nation the gift of a good example. They can