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Congress kicks funding can down nation’s potholed road

Editorial: When members of Congress are home for the Memorial Day recess, they will make it a point to be seen


‘Green’ ruse in Germany

Opinion: Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh: Germany’s much-ballyhooed, nearly 30-percent wind and solar power-grid


Progressives, libertarians serve notice on their parties

Opinion: By Rekha Basu Des Moines Register Every presidential election cycle, the tension between


Is higher ed on wrong path in US?

Opinion: By Joel Mathis and Julie Ponzi Tribune News Service It’s a scary time to go to college – and to


Too many students don’t know the joys, benefits of graduation

Editorial: Thousands of college students and high school seniors in the Mahoning Valley are proudly walking


It’s all about accountability

Opinion: The Leader-Herald, New York: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is very conscientious about


Why run for president as a long-shot?

Opinion: By Ralph Nader Los Angeles Times The 2016 presidential election is attracting an unusually large


In the end, mixed emotions

Opinion: By John M. CRISP Tribune News Service Last week marked the end of the spring semester at the


Challenges faced by working women are more fundamental

Opinion: By Caroline Fredrickson The Philadelphia Inquirer If only it were as easy as “leaning in.”


Obama still ignores reality

Opinion: In a recent panel discussion on poverty at Georgetown University, President Barack Obama gave


Death sentence for Tsarnaev is beginning of long process

Editorial: When the jury decided last week that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should die for his role in the 2013 Boston


Don’t let life’s risks beat you

Opinion: By Jeffrey Wasserman Los Angeles Times My father did everything “right,” yet there he was in


Reducing poverty is a challenge

Opinion: An important but often neglected debate broke out in Washington last week: Which political party can


Immigrants aren’t to blame

Opinion: By Ramesh Ponnuru Bloomberg News Does immigration hurt American wages? Some Republican


Arctic drilling risky business

Opinion: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Environmentalists are reeling from the Obama administration’s decision to