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Kasich is doing GOP a disservice by staying in presidential contest

Opinion: By Jonathan Bernstein Bloomberg View Could John Kasich be single-handedly destroying a political


Openness, accountability must define tax increases

Editorial: Residents of Mahoning County and the city of Niles have demonstrated their trust in government by


Professor’s firing yields a victory for free speech

Editorial: 222It was at Mizzou’s flagship campus in Columbia, Mo., last fall when Melissa Click, a feminist-


Orca captivity ending

Opinion: By Joel Manby Los Angeles Times Americans’ attitudes about orcas have changed dramatically. When


Gov. Kasich seems kinder, gentler

Opinion: COLUMBUS Does Gov. John Kasich really have a shot at winning the Republican nomination for the


Free trade is good for America

Opinion: By Mark J. PERRY Los Angeles Times Thomas Sowell once explained that economists visit the


Has Ohio become far too generous with tax breaks?

Opinion: Toledo Blade: The state of Ohio spends nearly as much to hand out tax breaks – about $8.5 billion


Election fallout grim

Opinion: By Ann McFeatters Tribune News Service WASHINGTON We now have an idea of the course of the


Is violence becoming the new normal in politics in America?

Opinion: By Joel Mathis and Ben Boychuk Tribune News Service Republican front-runner Donald Trump has


Onus now is on Monroe to turn plans into realities

Editorial: A majority of Trumbull County voters went to the polls this week in the market for change at the


Scalia’s death a ‘moral’ mystery

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords How curious that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died, of all


Rethinking crime, punishment

Opinion: WASHINGTON Sen. John Cornyn recalls visiting a Texas prison where some inmates taking shop classes


Voting-rights victory in Maryland

Opinion: By Marc Morial OtherWords Thousands of Marylanders will regain the right to cast their ballots


Trump, Clinton exodus?

Opinion: By Mary Ann Taylor The Dallas Morning News There’s an epidemic of people swearing they’ll leave


Kasich, Clinton benefit from victories in Ohio

Editorial: For Ohio Gov. John Kasich, it was a rather simple proposition: Either win the presidential primary