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Death toll from tanker fire in Pakistan defines despair

Editorial: 2So said police officer Abdul Malik, in describing the carnage from a massive fuel tanker fire in


Companies keep enriching CEOs

Opinion: By Sam Pizzigati OtherWords Jeff Immelt, CEO of General Electric since 2001, is retiring. The


Ga. race hard to interpret

Opinion: By Mark Davis The Dallas Morning News Republicans and Democrats are clinging to the supposed


Senate health care bill is reverse Robin Hood

Opinion: Senate health care bill is reverse Robin Hood They say that figures lie and liars figure. I’m


Restoration strengthens safety, allure of courthouse

Editorial: More than 6 Ω years ago, the Mahoning County Courthouse lost its trademark Justice, Law, and


Trump should leave Mueller alone

Opinion: By Jonathan Bernstein Bloomberg View With an investigation into possible obstruction of justice


What will Justice Kennedy do?

Opinion: WASHINGTON The end of the Supreme Court term looms, and with it the prospect – the terrifying


Puerto Rico is teetering

Opinion: “Puerto Rico, my heart’s devotion. Let it sink back in the ocean.” — “West Side Story” The


Trump breaks his pledge on health care, drug prices

Editorial: As Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate rush to pass a health-care bill that ultimately would


Rainbow pride flag isn’t about race

Opinion: By Dennis Jansen The Dallas Morning News The city of Philadelphia’s Office of LGBT Affairs


Gun control does not work

Opinion: By Jay Ambrose Tribune News Service Whenever there is a shooting, liberals have an answer that


Why not regulate hate speech?

Opinion: By Laura Beth Nielsen Los Angeles Times As a sociologist and legal scholar, I struggle to


Land transfer in biennial budget would benefit Valley

Editorial: With only five days to go until the dawn of the 2018 fiscal year in Ohio, expect a heaping helping


Death of Ohioan Warmbier points up N. Korea’s abuses

Opinion: Anyone with human feelings is outraged by North Korea’s murder of Otto Warmbier. The term “murder”


Please report all cases of elder abuse in our midst

Opinion: Please report all cases of elder abuse in our midst We at the Adult Protective Services Unit of