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Whose morality, ethics?

Opinion: BELFAST, Northern Ireland In a recent interview for the BBC2 series “Inside Obama’s White House,”


Sanders owes Clinton an apology for dig about her qualifications

Opinion: By Michael A. LINDENBERGER The Dallas Morning News It’s easy to say things you don’t mean in a


Keep marijuana out of the constitution of Ohio

Editorial: Just five months after Ohio voters overwhelmingly rejected a constitutional amendment to legalize


Good stuff in America

Opinion: By Ann McFeatters Tribune News Service WASHINGTON Ready for some good news? Let’s take a


Keep vision of MLK alive: Close minority-health gap

Editorial: “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhumane.” - Dr.


Ted Cruz is surging by design

Opinion: “It’s not the will to win that matters. ... It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.” –


LGBT donors can effect change

Opinion: By Michael Slaymaker Sun Sentinel Same-sex marriage could create a significant change to


Betras, Gains, de Souza should quit their whining

Opinion: Betras, Gains, de Souza should quit their whining In regards to the Oakhill Renaissance Place


A full cup of (Vindy) love

Opinion: Youngstown restaurateur Charlie Staples is an engaging personality with his booming smile and a


Youngstown school board President Kimble must now put children first

Editorial: Brenda Kimble, president of the Youngstown Board of Education, has been schooled in the law by four


Martian Man is on the button

Opinion: Boardman Township Administrator Jason Loree has received a whopping $11,000 raise, bringing his


A great American pastime endures in pro baseball

Editorial: For decades now, a great debate has raged on across this sports-loving land of ours: Can


Congress mapping stalled

Opinion: Think back for a moment to 2010, when Democrats controlled the Ohio House and Republicans


Supreme Court mostly upholds one-person, one-vote principle

Opinion: By Noah Feldman Bloomberg View In a victory for both noncitizens and common sense alike, the


Kasich delivers a ho hum speech

Opinion: I don’t know if Ohio Gov. John Kasich could have looked and sounded more detached and not interested