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States’ policies on pot inviolable

Opinion: By Gary Storck Tribune News Service Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a longtime opponent of legal


Hate on display in Charlottesville

Opinion: In the South during the Jim Crow era, the “one-drop rule,” codified into law, asserted that if a


Comedy and compassion seal legacy of Jerry Lewis

Editorial: In his distinguished eight- decade career as an entertainer, Jerry Lewis wore many a hat – and


States should get smart and stop subsidizing film, TV productions

Opinion: By Steven Malanga Los Angeles Times In 2010, actor Ted Danson, filming “The Big Miracle” in


Racists actually terrified

Opinion: By Olivia Alperstein OtherWords The act of terrorism that killed one person and injured others


Neo-Nazis in the US insult all who perished in WWII

Editorial: Every year on the last Monday in May, patriotic Americans visit cemeteries and memorials and attend


Voter fraud is real

Opinion: By Jay Ambrose Tribune News Service The Trump administration wants to check up on voter fraud


Trio pulls US from brink of war with saber-rattling North Korea

Opinion: After threatening fire and fury, how does a superpower de-escalate? By scrambling its secretary of


Barcelona attack reinforces need for global terror fight

Editorial: London. Paris. Nice. Berlin. Stockholm. Jerusalem. Columbus. Charlottesville. That roll call of


Richmond doesn’t belong in YSU’s football family

Opinion: Richmond doesn’t belong in YSU’s football family I completely agree with a recent letter


Lessons from Taylor Swift groping

Opinion: By Michael Homans The Philadelphia Inquirer Many were not surprised by the prompt verdict Monday


Where are foreclosed houses?

Opinion: By Jim Hightower Otherwords We know that millions of American families lost their homes after


Trumbull County’s budget could do with a makeover

Editorial: If things were going swim- mingly in Trumbull County government, a special budget review panel would


Moment of pride for GOP

Opinion: Last year it was Kathy Miller whose racist rants shoved her onto the global political stage. Today


Real journalists risk their lives in order to bring you real news

Opinion: By Craig Forman Special to McClatchy “Enemy of the American people,” DishonestMedia, “garbage