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Cloudy future for federal disabilities insurance program

Opinion: By Rourke L. O’BRIEN Los Angeles Times On the first day of the 114th Congress, Republican


Syria represents a failure of American foreign policy

Opinion: In 2011, the U.S. ambassador to Syria, a mild-mannered diplomat named Robert S. Ford, became the


Rolling the dice on cancer

Opinion: Chicago Tribune: Albert Einstein famously said that “God doesn’t play dice” with the universe:


Declawing cats is mutilation

Opinion: By Paula Moore People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals New York state could one day be cats’


Fluoridation is working well

Opinion: By Patrice Pascual Tribune News Service Imagine most of your friends and family living with a


Positive sign amid the gloom

Opinion: Last weekend marked the fourth anniversary of Egypt’s Tahrir Square uprising, which became the


A forgotten witness in the fight against anti-Semitism

Opinion: By Karl-Theodor Zu Guttenberg and John Henry Crosby Tribune News Service Seventy years


Regional airport can’t afford to put its reputation at risk

Editorial: It would take a leap of faith for the Western Reserve Port Authority to believe that troubled


Foreign policy still a muddle

Opinion: If anyone still needs proof of President Barack Obama’s reluctance to let foreign policy distract


Greatest ‘Babe’ in sports

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords I recently addressed a rather odd topic for an audience of political


Time to count on compassion to counteract homelessness ills

Editorial: It’s certainly no big secret that over the past four decades the Mahoning Valley has weathered


How did Islam come to this?

Opinion: By Azeem Ibrahim Chicago Tribune “Islam is a religion of love. My brother was killed by


What are the chances of tax reform?

Opinion: By Bart Chilton Tribune News Service The responses to President Barack Obama’s call for tax


Tuition-free plan a game-changer

Opinion: By Sarah Labadie Tribune News Service President Barack Obama’s proposal in his State of the


Sacramento Bee: Last summer, a study out of Stanford University and the University of California,

Opinion: Sacramento Bee: Last summer, a study out of Stanford University and the University of California,