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Holiday shopping 101: Do so safely, prudently, locally

Editorial: Nothing signals the opening salvo of the frenzied holiday shopping season more visibly than the


Thankful for the honesty of the kind young woman

Opinion: Thankful for the honesty of the kind young woman On Nov. 2, I unknow- ingly dropped my wallet in


Embracing gratitude over despair

Opinion: By Mark Anthony Rolo Tribune News Service This Thanksgiving season, American Indians are once


Dishes of our departed

Opinion: By Dawn Miller Tribune News Service A bowl sits in my cabinet until special occasions. It is


If you must talk politics, do so kindly and gently

Editorial: There is a template that editorial writers use to commemorate Thanksgiving Day. First, we reflect


Demographics may favor Dems

Opinion: By James A. HAUGHT Tribune News Service For years, researchers have predicted that changing U.S.


No more Obama judges

Opinion: By Hans A. von SPAKOVSKY The Heritage Foundation With the Senate back from its election hiatus


We won, you lost, deal with it

Opinion: Three years ago when Republicans were battling President Obama over the debt ceiling and a


Ohio’s Class of 2018 should get fair chance to graduate

Editorial: Ohio’s school super- intendents, board of education members, teachers, students and parents cannot


Dems scramble to reshape party

Opinion: Hillary Clinton had barely conceded the 2016 presidential race when Bernie Sanders’ liberal legions


Our country needs a gift of hope

Opinion: By Andrew Paley The Dallas Morning News How beautiful it is when brothers and sisters dwell


Bigots will not succeed

Opinion: By Frank Harris III The Hartford Courant President Barack Obama, in endorsing Hillary Clinton,


Ryan’s challenge of Pelosi carries risk for the Valley

Editorial: Tim Ryan, the Mahoning Valley’s congressman, contends that if he succeeds in taking control of the


Taming the US debt

Opinion: By Jay Ambrose Tribune News Service Here is an issue where Donald Trump could fail as president


Trump should pay attention to the fight for democracy in Hong Kong before embracing leader of China

Opinion: Sometimes it takes a foreigner who is fighting for democracy to remind Americans of how much we take