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Search for executive director hurt by port authority’s past

Editorial: We couldn’t agree more with Dave Mosure, one of the new members of the Western Reserve Port


Beware false god of politics

Opinion: If you visit Mount Olympus, you will see scores of crumbling statues to false gods once worshipped


Clinton’s money grab is troubling

Opinion: WASHINGTON Again with the speeches. The gross excessiveness of it all, vacuuming up six-figure


Egypt’s president is trying to muzzle all domestic critics

Opinion: If you were looking for an Egyptian who could help his country fulfill the lost promise of the Arab


US viewing Cuba differently

Opinion: By Louis A. PEREZ Jr. Tribune News Service U.S. and Cuban diplomats met last week to re-


Not a way to reduce poverty

Opinion: The Orange County (Calif.) Register: Los Angeles has approved increasing the city’s minimum wage by


Where are the honeybees?

Opinion: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: More than 40 percent of honeybees in managed colonies died during the past


Extremes should not have control of the abortion debate

Opinion: By Margaret Carlson Bloomberg News “When does life begin?” Philosophers have been asking that


Do black presidents matter?

Opinion: By Clarence Lusane Tribune News Service How did it happen that the most signi-ficant black


Last breath for death penalty

Opinion: By Mario Marazziti Los Angeles Times The execution of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for his role in the


With the US at peace, citizens owe honor to our brave troops

Editorial: Unlike any Memorial Day since the turn of the century, today’s solemn holiday will be observed


Pessimism in America is not new

Opinion: Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who’s running for the Republican presidential nomination, issued a stark


An attack on reefer madness?

Opinion: It’s no accident that Ohio Auditor Dave Yost keeps using the words “marijuana cartel” to describe


Future of higher education in Northeast Ohio is bright

Opinion: By James P. TRESSEL, RONALD M. BERKMAN, BEVERLY WARREN and JAY A. GERSHEN The Vindicator As the


In the Larosa case, justice is better served in open court, regardless of defendant’s age

Editorial: The public has a legitimate interest in knowing what happened when one person’s life is cut short