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Scalia was not always right

Opinion: WASHINGTON With an asperity born of exasperation, Justice Antonin Scalia once wrote, “If you want


de Souza can still repent over his Trump references

Opinion: De Souza can still repent over his Trump references You can sense the venom dripping from


Kasich’s education push deserves bipartisan nod

Editorial: Republicans and Democrats in the Ohio Legislature will undoubtedly find fault with parts of


Trump should take on Brazil

Opinion: President Donald Trump has been in office for 16 days, and during that time more than 800 workers at


Vindy curling in your hands?

Opinion: We’ve had more than a few readers call us in recent weeks about the same peculiar issue: “The


Appalling jabs at women should anger all thoughtful Americans

Opinion: By Jacquielynn Floyd The Dallas Morning News The East Texas appeals court judge in scalding


Career opportunities available for minority youths

Opinion: One opportunity is an internship through the National Association of Black Journalists


Social Security is under assault

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Uncle Sam wants you! Not the Uncle Sam who’s the symbolic


Kasich’s budget highlights high-tech

Opinion: COLUMBUS Gov. John Kasich was on the road the day after his biennial budget rollout, talking to


Don’t pay any lip service to new telephone scam

Editorial: Can you hear me? That question seems innocent enough to most of us as an opening line to a typical


Celebrate decline in rate of abortions in America

Opinion: Charlotte Observer: Many conservative Christians said that despite his long list of improprieties


Walking will do you good

Opinion: By Orlando R. BARONE The Philadelphia Inquirer Let’s take a walk. We all know what that means.


Large number of candidates for president of Youngstown council is today’s political head-scratcher

Opinion: For a position that’s largely ceremonial, Youngstown council president garnered a lot of candidates.


Trump must keep pledge to upgrade infrastructure

Editorial: Say what you will about the first two weeks of the presidential administration of Donald J. Trump,


Leader of free world

Opinion: n 2013, German Chancellor Angela Merkel fractured her hip while skiing in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Doctors ordered her to rest. Feeling bored, she picked up “The Transformation of the World,” a 1,500-page tome by the German historian Jurgen Osterhammel.