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Dumb remarks of 2016

Opinion: By Ann McFeatters Tribune News Service WASHINGTON A brand new year full of exciting


Putin is playing Trump just as he did Bush in ’01

Editorial: President-elect Donald J. Trump is holding out an olive branch to Russian strongman Vladimir Putin,


Let’s resolve to make US a lot more unified in 2017

Opinion: Let’s resolve to make US a lot more unified in 2017 Since every new year should start with new


Valley will face challenges on economic front in 2017

Editorial: We ring in 2017 in much the same way that we rang out 2016 – with a growing sense of uncertainty


2017: A year of firsts

Opinion: For the first time in the history of government corruption in the Mahoning Valley, there will be a


Tell reps in Congress: Leave Medicare alone

Opinion: Tell reps in Congress: Leave Medicare alone On Nov, 21, U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Howland, promised a


Truth is antidote for poison that’s denial of the Holocaust

Opinion: By Christine M. FLOWERS Philadelphia Daily News Recently, I wrote a column about paying


Political drama in 2017

Opinion: COLUMBUS The next six months are going to be fascinating, for so many reasons: Tight Budget:


Japanese-American ties warmer but still conflicted

Opinion: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The oil that continues to bubble up from the remains of the USS Arizona is


Social-worker expansion complements well Mohip’s academic recovery plan

Editorial: True to his pledge to keep students first and foremost in mind in the healing process for the


Trump takes unReaganesque cavalier attitude toward nukes; talks about building up arsenal

Opinion: By Will Bunch Philadelphia Daily News Ever notice President Barack Obama’s hair and how gray


Truth a casualty in 2016

Opinion: By Jill Richardson OtherWords “Post-Truth.” The Oxford English Dictionary named this its word of


City and state get serious in taking on cockfighting

Editorial: When it comes to savage and inhumane crimes against animals, few rank as abominable as the


Holiday greetings still matter today

Opinion: By Karen Fingerman The Dallas Morning News In 1999, I published a study regarding older and


It’s time to hang up the column

Opinion: Any honest man, looking back on a very long life, must admit – even if only to himself – being a