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‘Digital amnesia’ is real

Opinion: By Dick Meyer Scripps Washington Bureau I may be losing it, but at least I’m not alone, I now


Republican Party could use a Jack Kemp as standard-bearer

Opinion: Let me describe a Republican presidential candidate who could win the general election in 2016. I’m


$2B investment solidifies our clean-energy footprint

Editorial: It’s not every day that the Mahoning Valley stands on the threshold of a whopping $2,000,000,000 in


Ending the US oil export ban would be of little consequence

Opinion: By Stephen Mihm Bloomberg View Both the House and Senate are considering measures that would


It’s clear cultures differ

Opinion: The prevailing social dogma of our time – that economic and other disparities among groups are


Gun control is not the answer

Opinion: By Jay Ambrose Tribune News Service It loosened them up some last year, but Russia has had


Funding for firing range at Air Reserve base vital

Editorial: The $9.4 million for a new indoor firing range for the Youngstown Air Reserve Station is a drop in


Rubio gaining traction

Opinion: In recent weeks, the Republican presidential race has focused quite naturally on poll leader Donald


US House Republicans in chaos

Opinion: By Jonathan Bernstein Bloomberg View Yikes. With U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s last-minute exit


Open government rulings in Ohio sobering, troubling

Editorial: There’s bad news and good news on the open-government front in Ohio. A recently released survey of


Perfect portrait of corporate crime

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords If a picture is worth 1,000 words, here’s one worth a thousand times


Impeach the head of the IRS

Opinion: WASHINGTON “Look,” wrote Lois Lerner, echoing Horace Greeley, “my view is that Lincoln was our


Behind

Opinion: Behind pay-gap curtain By Joanne Cleaver Chicago Tribune The gender gap is a


GOP lawmakers could not ignore ailing state charters

Editorial: With the federal govern- ment breathing down the back of the controversy- ridden, troubled charter


Show us public payrolls

Opinion: In the real world, the employer knows how much an employee earns, what benefits the employee