Opinion and Editorial

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Voting hacks trigger concerns

Opinion: By Lewis Diuguid The Kansas City Star Until the 2000 presidential election, few people would


Ireland, the EU & Apple

Opinion: Economics was not one of my favorite subjects in college, so I avoided economic courses. But I do


US Supreme Court should take up ‘Golden Week’

Editorial: There’s an overarching question that encompasses the elimination of the early-voting period in Ohio


A ‘slush fund’ by any other name

Opinion: WASHINGTON Because truth in labeling laws are among the laws from which Washington feels exempt,


Kaepernick gives voice to voiceless

Opinion: By Elizabeth Ann Thompson Tribune News Service San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick,


Things to worry about

Opinion: By Jay Ambrose Tribune News Service Time magazine has signed up with the hunky-dory crowd. It


American labor’s vital signs still strong despite challenges

Editorial: On this national holiday dedicated to the American worker, let’s take the pulse of our 160-million-


A deeply personal history lesson

Opinion: Mr. Conley’s history assignment was simple and straight forward. My daughter Brooke was to research


Schiavoni’s attack on Ohio’s e-schools lacks credibility, evidence

Opinion: Schiavoni’s attack on Ohio’s e-schools lacks credibility, evidence In a recent LETTER “Online


No pension crisis is on the horizon in Ohio

Opinion: No pension crisis is on the horizon in Ohio I’m writing in response to last Sunday’s column


Fiscal storm clouds over state, local governments

Editorial: With Ohio bracing for a major fiscal crisis in 2017 as a result of a federal ban on sales-tax


Kasich still casts a shadow

Opinion: On Wednesday, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump delivered a much anticipated policy


Volunteers needed to help Youngstown students succeed

Opinion: There is a community volunteer meeting Sept. 19


Graciousness of the Bush family a sharp contrast to The Donald

Opinion: By Joe Scarborough Miami Herald Last Friday started as it usually does: an early wake-up call,


An album of Amish country sagas

Opinion: Oddities of my Amish country odyssey, during the past 25 years of my retirement. I have regularly