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VA secretary’s offensive claim

Opinion: Los Angeles Times: Really? The secretary of Veterans Affairs? Surely there is no one who should


Little support for tax hikes

Opinion: COLUMBUS Gov. John Kasich spent a significant portion of his State of the State address trying to


What’s with Republicans in Texas?

Opinion: Two recent examples provide insights into the thinking of Republicans who run Texas and why that


Keep ‘fast track’ for trade pacts off congressional track forever

Editorial: It’s not every day that Congress- man Tim Ryan snubs an invite to hop on board the train whose


Portman-Strickland Senate race will be wild

Opinion: U.S. Sen. Rob Portman says his criticism of ex-Gov. Ted Strickland isn’t “necessarily an attack.”


Climate change is all around

Opinion: By Ann McFeatters Tribune News Service Don’t read this if you are among the few who have not


Governor’s plans for education could benefit Mahoning Valley

Editorial: With the Cleveland City School District as his template, Gov. John R. Kasich Tuesday laid out his


Obama loves America, but ...

Opinion: By Jack Ohman The Sacramento Bee Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani asserted the other day that


Illinois’ governor on a mission

Opinion: CHICAGO The most portentous election of 2014, which gave the worst-governed state its first


Venezuela on verge of collapse

Opinion: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: A combination of falling prices on oil, the chief source of income for


Stop overlooking black girls

Opinion: By Elizabeth Ann Thompson Tribune News Service A recent report focuses on an overlooked segment


Breast cancer is not one disease; there is no one ‘cure’

Opinion: By Laurie Becklund Los Angeles Times I am dying, literally, at my home in Hollywood, of


Abortion opponents go too far

Opinion: Toledo Blade: After a narrow defeat in the General Assembly in last year’s lame-duck session,


Joint mental health, recovery board brings myriad benefits

Editorial: Mahoning County took one progressive leap this week toward more effectively treating its


Jeb Bush is bearing a big burden

Opinion: By Margaret Carlson Bloomberg News Jeb Bush is asking us to do the impossible — forget that