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Little things matter

Opinion: By Dan K. THOMASSON Tribune News Service WASHINGTON Having been born in December in the heart


Gov. Kasich had to reject oil/gas industry tax break

Editorial: Ohio Gov. John R. Kasich has made it crystal clear that the state’s next biennial budget will be


Clinton grasping at straws

Opinion: By Jay Ambrose Tribune News Service Bill Clinton has figured out why his wife lost the


A house stands accused of a crime

Opinion: “The thing that is in Room 101 is the worst thing in the world. ... The worst thing in the world


Kwanzaa in a time of turmoil

Opinion: By Akilah Monifa Tribune News Service Kwanzaa, a weeklong holiday celebrating African culture


It’s past time for lasting reform in payday lending

Editorial: A new study by the Pew Charitable Trust brands Ohio with the sordid claim to shame of leader of the


Trump’s view regarding Russia’s expansionist policies is troubling

Opinion: Explanations for Donald Trump’s election victory have proliferated almost as much in recent weeks as


Crony capitalism spurs Rick Perry

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Rick Perry has taken quite a tumble since being governor of Texas.


US has blood on its hands

Opinion: By Abdulfattah Alkhaled Los Angeles Times The United States representative to the United


Death penalty demanded for black-church terrorist

Editorial: On Friday, the Islamic terrorist who killed 12 innocent people and injured more than 50 in the


Consumers of news must equip themselves to distinguish fact from fiction in this digital age

Opinion: By Gene Foreman Tribune News Service The “fake news” phenomenon was on vivid display in social


‘Nation’ divided, angry

Opinion: By Heidi Stevens Chicago Tribune Pantsuit Nation, an invite-only Facebook group where Hillary


As Kwanzaa turns 50, its ideals gain fresh meaning

Editorial: The African-American holiday week of Kwanzaa, which begins today, has come a long, long way since


My father’s greatest gift of all

Opinion: This will be my father’s 88th Christmas. He is at the age where every Christmas he experiences is a


The First Christmas

Editorial: AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THOSE days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the