Opinion and Editorial

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Let the public watch

Opinion: COLUMBUS State Reps. Wes Retherford, R-Hamilton, and Dan Ramos, D-Lorain, live on different sides


John H. Glenn Jr. gave his nation 95 years of extraordinary service

Editorial: Count the achievements of John H. Glenn Jr. during various stages of his 95 years on this Earth –


Justice system a failure

Opinion: By James Ragland The Dallas Morning News We got sucker punched. Not just the family of Walter


Ohio Treasurer Mandel seeking a rematch with US Sen. Brown

Opinion: Sherrod Brown, the liberal U.S. senator facing re-election in 2018, has a target on his back.


New private-prison policy bodes well for state, city

Editorial: The future of the privately operated Northeast Ohio Correctional Center in Youngstown is looking


What does future hold for Cuba?

Opinion: By Charles Hale The Dallas Morning News Reactions to Fidel Castro’s death at age 90 strike a


What’s in a name?

Opinion: By Sally Friedman The Philadelphia Inquirer It’s party time. While months like February and July


Gambling with the lives of people

Opinion: Sometimes life forces us to make decisions, even when we don’t have enough information to know how


Trump pledging to focus on nation’s infrastructure

Editorial: President-elect Donald J. Trump’s policy initiatives are long on rhetoric and short on details,


A day to honor our true heroes

Opinion: By James F. BURNS The Vindicator The events of the past few minutes coursed through John


Trump’s grand design

Opinion: By Jay Ambrose Tribune News Service Who knows, but there’s at least a chance that President-


White evangelicals are baffling

Opinion: By James A. HAUGHT Tribune News Service Overwhelmingly, 81 percent of white evangelicals voted


Strive to preserve sense of infamy in perpetuity

Editorial: The United States had been walking a tightrope through 1940 and 1941. The American people were


Late-night TV shows no longer feed America’s intellectual soul; we could use a William Buckley

Opinion: By James Rosen Los Angeles Times “Johnny Carson was amused by everything,” William F. Buckley


Say no to the puffy parka

Opinion: By Alisa Mullins People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals In mid-November, when luxury