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President, GOP leaders must end ISIS bickering

Editorial: Islamic extremists operating under the aegis of Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, also known as


Obama’s speech a dud

Opinion: When the president of the United States asks the television networks to set aside time for him to


Coal kingpin avoids serious time

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Disgraced coal baron Don Blankenship didn’t get what he deserves in


Mo. professor’s assault on free speech goes unpunished

Editorial: What a troubling, tumultuous and chilling month of conflict, carnage and terror the past 30 days


Secrecy shrouds election spending

Opinion: By Marge Baker OtherWords Since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision paved the way for


Stopping climate change

Opinion: By Craig Shapiro People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Dozens and dozens of world leaders


High business taxes hurt the US

Opinion: By Jay Ambrose Tribune News Service Get in front of progressives, which the American public does


What a troubling, tumultuous and chilling month of conflict, carnage and terror the past 30 days

Editorial: What a troubling, tumultuous and chilling month of conflict, carnage and terror the past 30 days


Join campaign to award Booker presidential medal

Editorial: Youngstown son and prom- inent national journalist Simeon Booker has never been big on self-glory.


CIA’s attempt to shift blame in aftermath of the Paris bombing was self-serving and deceitful

Opinion: By Glenn Greenwald Los Angeles Times Decent people see tragedy and barbarism when viewing a


Reverse German invasion

Opinion: FRANKFURT In an ironic twist, Germany, which in the last century twice invaded other countries,


Legislators avoid jeopardy by snubbing Chamber plan

Editorial: By any measure, compeTITION for state dollars for local capital projects is intense and, yes,


Join campaign to award Presidential Medal of Freedom to Simeon Booker

Editorial: The former Youngstown resident served as a lightning rod for the modern civil-rights movement


Gun debate fizzles

Opinion: By Jonathan C. ROTHERMEL The Philadelphia Inquirer The gun debate is loathsome. First, the


Dellick fits CEO profile

Opinion: First, an admission: This writer has not discussed the premise of today’s column with Mahoning