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Get tough on drug dealers

Opinion: Toledo Blade: A fatal drug overdose is a family tragedy. It is also a crime. And local authorities


Real costs of being Donald Trump

Opinion: By Jonathan Bernstein Bloomberg View I had already seen Twitter chatter before the Washington


The Post puts US at risk

Opinion: By Jay Ambrose Tribune News Service The Washington Post recently put American security at


Youngstown eager to go to ‘pot’ as source of medical marijuana

Opinion: Medical marijuana is coming to Ohio and it’s big business. How big? I listened to five groups


Special counsel takes over probe of Russian activities

Editorial: For a brief time it seemed that President Donald J. Trump’s abrupt firing of FBI Director James


Clear path to jobs and growth

Opinion: By Sean McGarvey, Jacqueline Hinman and Nicholas K. AKINS Tribune News Service Labor unions and


North Korea’s Kim rejects olive branch from Trump

Editorial: “If it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, I would be honored to do it. If it’s under the,


Red Scare henchman a role model for the Russia-challenged presidentSFlb

Opinion: By Walter Shapiro CQ-Roll Call Even before the president ominously hinted at a secret White


Laying siege to state governments

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords It’s easy to become mesmerized by The Donald Show in this year’s


Internet platforms have key role in the battle against fake news

Opinion: By Matthew A. BAUM and DAVID LAZER Los Angeles Times We know a lot about fake news. Academics


Mexican farmers take on Trump

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Often, when world powers pick fights with seemingly powerless


Time to get a job, grads

Opinion: By Gina Barreca The Hartford Courant My best advice? I am eager to offer it. Having circled


Beware the dangers of road work ahead in Valley

Editorial: With another school year ending and the Memorial Day holiday weekend beckoning, many of us are more


Senate committee makes big mess

Opinion: By Jonathan Bernstein Bloomberg View The Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on Russia


Russia probe not over

Opinion: By Jay Ambrose Tribune News Service Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey was aimed