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Maybe Trump isn’t a ‘strongman’

Opinion: By Ramesh Ponnuru Bloomberg View By this point in his presidency, George W. Bush had announced


House rethinks going on red light

Opinion: Hang around the Statehouse long enough and you’ll hear certain phrases repeated over and over again.


Savoring 100 great years of Girl Scout cookie sales

Editorial: In some respects, Scouting organizations in this country have been swept up in a dizzying torrent of


Tax tips aimed at boomers

Opinion: By Erin Arvedlund The Philadelphia Inquirer President Trump turned 70 last year. If he, like


Black Dems in Y’town upset over embrace of only white candidates

Opinion: Race has been a political issue in Mahoning County, particularly in Youngstown, for years. It came


Don’t let utility reforms hurt Ohio’s energy boom

Editorial: The state of Ohio and the Mahoning Valley have begun to savor the fruits of an alternative-energy


Trump needs a refresher course on one-state or two-state solution

Opinion: Courtesy of President Donald Trump, the “one-state solution” to the Israel-Palestine conflict is now


Investors should beware when evaluating brokers

Editorial: Here’s a fair question for President Donald J. Trump, who’s toying with the idea of doing away with


Advice for the president

Opinion: By Jay Ambrose Tribune News Service One day, President Donald Trump is at a prayer meeting


‘House cleaning’ not good policy

Opinion: By Daylin Leach Tribune News Service During presidential campaigns, candidates make lots of


Red tape hurting America

Opinion: By William F. SHUGHART II Tribune News Service As President Donald Trump has noted, a surefire


A new direction on education

Opinion: American public school students fall well behind students around the world in math and science


State must take concerns over injection wells seriously

Editorial: Property owners living in the shadows of two proposed wastewater injection wells in Brookfield


US must embrace its energy surge

Opinion: By Douglas Polk Special to The Vindicator The nation’s energy security is stronger than it has


Trump rouses the left

Opinion: By Jim Jenkins The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) What Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton and