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Bikini-clad baristas serving up important lesson in free speech

Opinion: SEATTLE, WASH. Amazon, which has made this city the epicenter of a retailing revolution, is not


Worst shooting, for now

Opinion: By John L. MICEK Cagle Cartoons On one level, the horror perpetrated Sunday night by lone wolf


Trump visits Puerto Rico with a puzzling message

Editorial: Just days after Hurricane Harvey struck Texas on Aug. 25, the White House announced a massive


Ignoring Russian aggression does not put ‘America First’

Opinion: By Donald Lambro Andrews McMeel Syndication WASHINGTON President Trump mentioned the word


Vietnam War redux

Opinion: Filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick have performed a vital public service in making their


After Vegas bloodbath, has terror become way of life?

Editorial: Let the evil of Monday morning's massacre be transformed into meaningful action to reduce mass shootings in the United States


Republicans should seek a CBO score of the Affordable Care Act

Opinion: By Ann Coulter Andrews McMeel Syndication It is now clear that Republicans are incapable of


Planet angry at the West

Opinion: By Will Durst Cagle Cartoons Considering the severity of the cascade of disasters descending


Trump wants Dems’ help to forge health-care plan

Editorial: In March, we urged President Donald J. Trump to reach out to Democrats in Congress to fulfill a


Sanders says war overrated

Opinion: By John Frederick Kaufman OtherWords When Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., was a candidate for


Lariccia has left a lasting imprint on YSU’s campus

Opinion: Lariccia has left a lasting imprint on YSU’s campus Tony Lariccia was a giant, though short in


Lariccia has left a lasting imprint on YSU’s campus

Opinion: Lariccia has left a lasting imprint on YSU’s campus Tony Lariccia was a giant; though short in


Get in the pink to fortify breast-cancer awarenessSFlb

Editorial: As the first full month of fall begins, awesome colors abound. Vibrant shades of red, orange, green


Tirade on players shows Trump’s flawed thinking

Opinion: Tirade on players shows Trump’s flawed thinking I am a U.S. Army Special Forces veteran, and I am


Will the US Supreme Court fall into a political thicket?

Opinion: WASHINGTON On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments tempting it to plunge into an