Opinion and Editorial

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Drug offenders need action, not words

Opinion: Visiting Baltimore last week, President Bush shared his struggles against alcohol addiction with


Clinton will unify the GOP in the fall

Opinion: LOS ANGELES — Forewarned, Democrats now are forearmed — not that they will necessarily make sensible


‘Barber Shop Quartet’ is a family affair

Opinion: Recently while waiting my turn for my monthly haircut at Matt Polkovitch’s All Ohio State


Settle Indian trust case

Opinion: Seattle Times: An exasperated federal judge has reached a logical conclusion regarding a century of


U.S. scrambling to keep Afghanistan pact intact

Editorial: Two top Bush administration officials sought this week to put a positive spin on the U.S.-led war in


Americans ignoring Latin America

Opinion: WASHINGTON — No wonder that presidential hopefuls from both parties have almost forgotten to mention


Bush should call North Korea’s bluff

Opinion: Three decades ago, North Korean agents abducted a dozen or more Japanese men, women and children,


Budget hole gets deeper

Opinion: If President Bush’s budget for fiscal 2009 is approved in its current form, U.S. government spending


Spending to create Ohio jobs is smart — and necessary

Editorial: Spending to create Ohio jobs is smart — and necessary To those who like to say that government


This time, the joke is on the pundits

Opinion: WASHINGTON — It’s great when the voters turn their backs on conventional wisdom! We pundits said


Gov. Strickland continues to move forward boldly

Opinion: You have to give Gov. Ted Strickland credit for being bold. In his first State of the State


Notable feats in history

Opinion: I will dedicate a portion of this column to some little-known black history achievements that probably don’t get a whole lot of attention.


People love, hate payday lending industry

Opinion: Frank Sinkovich is proud to be a payday lender. He figures the loans from his Boardman business


Alternative school offers a last chance to students

Editorial: There are between 900 and 1,000 public school students in Mahoning County who, for a variety of


Time to put Obama under microscope

Opinion: In human relationships, there is the flirtation stage, followed by what my grandparents called