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General Assembly must be realistic about gas tax

Editorial: Gov. Mike DeWine is facing a revolt from members of his Republican Party in the Ohio General


Revisit Ike’s socialist ideas

Opinion: By Chuck Collins OtherWords Anytime a politician proposes a wildly popular idea that helps


It’s time campaign finance reports were posted online for easy access

Opinion: By Frank LaRose The Vindicator COLUMBUS You deserve to know who is funding campaigns aimed to


Horror replaces hope in Christchurch shootings

Editorial: The Press, Christchurch, N.Z.: It was a day of unimaginably dramatic contrasts in central


Women, stop saying ‘sorry’

Opinion: By Tracey L. ROGERS OtherWords I was getting on a bus with grocery bags in hand, apologizing


Governor taking a wait-and-see stance on the ‘Youngstown Plan’

Opinion: With several school districts facing a possible state takeover in the next two years, House Bill 70,


Punish harshly the thugs in college-admission scam

Editorial: Until this week, Yale Uni- versity shined most brightly as the alma mater of five presidents and 62


Youngstown schools can’t return to the bad old days

Editorial: It’s ludicrous for anyone to expect the academically troubled Youngstown City School District to


GEORGE F. WILL | Catholic Church’s crimes unprecedented

Opinion: PHILADELPHIA “Horseplay,” a term used to denote child rape, is, says Pennsylvania Attorney General


A way to clean up the planet

Opinion: By Rep. JOHN SARBANES and MICHAEL BRUNE OtherWords For decades, majorities of Americans have


Bashing Israel isSFlbnot racist

Opinion: By Sarah Gertler OtherWords Weeks ago, when the first accusations of anti-Semitism were being


CAL THOMAS: Democrats have a Jewish problem

Opinion: Rep. Ilhan Omar’s, D-Minn., comment that the influence of the Israeli lobby in Washington pushes


Details in Trump’s $4.7T budget are meaningless, but priorities are disheartening

Editorial: Los Angeles Times: The endless press coverage notwithstanding, the details of President Donald


EUGENE ROBINSON | Trump has atrocious report card, but will he fail with his followers?

Opinion: WASHINGTON I’ve got the perfect slogan for President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign:


Intuitive eating is a means of escape

Opinion: By Danny Tyree Cagle Cartoons I’m seldom late to supper, but I am sometimes late to a topic.