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Just saying ‘no’ to nuclear pact with Iran not a rational stance

Editorial: Prime Minister Benjamin Netan- yahu of Israel and his allies in the U.S. Congress have 21/2 months


Valley reps have 95,626 reasons to back beefed-up food-bank aid

Editorial: A passing glance at the Ohio Association of Community Action Agen- cies’ report “State of Poverty


We need to save antibiotics so antibiotics can save us

Opinion: By Lance B. PRICE Tribune News Service If bacteria had a motto, it would be “What doesn’t kill


Full disclosure is essential

Opinion: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: President Barack Obama is currently faced with an opportunity to force


Corporate coup in Congress

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Being a Congress critter isn’t the cushy job many people assume.


Suburbs of Philly hold the key

Opinion: Dear, Jeb Bush: Greetings from Montgomery County, Pa., one of the few remaining swing areas in


Test your baseball acumen

Opinion: WASHINGTON Visiting a struggling pitcher on the mound, Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver


Tax code needs to be fixed

Opinion: By Matthew Streit The Heritage Foundation Tax Day rolls around every April — yet the last major


Having more mothers breast-feed benefits all of us

Opinion: By Katrina Pavlik Chicago Tribune Peek into any discussion on parenting and you’ll notice a


Ugly side of politics revealed

Opinion: By Barbara Shelly The Kansas City Star The apparent suicide note left by Robert “Spence”


McDonald’s employees are lovin’ it

Opinion: By Steve Easterbrook Chicago Tribune Amid the continuing national dialogue on wages, benefits,


‘I’m sorry’ aren’t just words

Opinion: By Gina Barreca The Hartford Courant What goes into the perfect apology? My family wasn’t big


You’ve got to feel sorry for them

Opinion: In the words of Michael Corleone in “Godfather: Part III,” “Just when I thought I was out ... they


And when the sabbath was past, Mary

Editorial: And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Solome, had


Rewards for county workers ignore area’s economic reality

Editorial: Responding to The Vindicator’s coverage of pay raises and bonuses granted to Mahoning County