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Young blind to reality

Opinion: Many people of mature years are amazed at how many young people have voted for Senator Bernie


Let academic commission start work in Youngstown

Editorial: Lawyers from the office of Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine are absolutely right when they warn


Free speech under assault at university in Maryland

Editorial: Until recently, the biggest claim to fame of a Catholic university nestled in the picturesque


War of words looms

Opinion: By Dan K. THOMASSON Tribune News Service WASHINGTON Americans are about to be treated to what


Afghan interpreters deserve visas to America as quickly as possible

Opinion: While the presidential candidates fruitlessly argue over how to handle immigration, there should be


Black voters matter

Opinion: By Francis Wilkinson Bloomberg View Debating Thursday night in Milwaukee, Hillary Clinton felt


Antonin Scalia ranks among most formidable justices in US historySFlb

Opinion: WASHINGTON Antonin Scalia, who combined a zest for intellectual combat with a vast talent for


Stop whining about Iowa and NH

Opinion: By Jonathan Bernstein Bloomberg View Every four years we hear it: the many, many complaints that


After five years, civil war in Syria still going strong

Editorial: As the death toll mounts, the sea of refugees rises and the price tag approaches historic levels,


US should not mix strategies in dealing with N. Korea, Iran

Opinion: By Steve Andreasen Star Tribune North Korea’s latest underground nuclear test – punctuated by


Heroin plagues battlefront must include jails, prisons

Editorial: The TIGHT link between drug addiction and criminal activity long has been well documented. Today,


2 down, many to follow

Opinion: By ANN McFEATTERS South Carolina, the nation turns its troubled heart to you. And we expect you


Clinton’s Valley dilemma

Opinion: Given what is taking place in the race for the Democratic nomination for president – is there anyone


Landmark Miranda case celebrates its half-century anniversary

Opinion: Fifty years ago this month, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart asked Atty. John J. Flynn,


Sebring, Flint in spotlight because of water scandals

Editorial: Unlike the water crisis in Flint, Mich., which was caused by a venal governor, the water emergency