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Higher ed cost cuts on state agenda

Opinion: COLUMBUS The Republican heads of the Ohio House and Senate offered a peek into coming budget


Navy service was in the bag

Opinion: As a U.S. Navy combat sailor in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, I literally lived out of the white


Hidden rationale for torture?

Opinion: By Avani Mehta Sood Los Angeles Times The Senate Intelligence Committee’s “torture report” has


Juvenile injustice lingers

Opinion: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The Supreme Court moved the nation’s justice system forward in 2012 by


Private prison operator risks alienating Mahoning Valley

Editorial: Just days after we stuck our necks way out for Corrections Corporation of America, which has lost


Nations must unite to prove pen is mightier than AK-47

Editorial: What do Marie Antoinette, Charles de Gaulle, Charlie Brown and Charlie Hebdo have in common? Each


42,000 jobs in the pipeline

Opinion: By Doug Oberhelman Chicago Tribune The United States has climbed out of the Great Recession, but


A gap in Cuomo’s legacy

Opinion: By Martin Schram Tribune News Service Accolades and oft-told anecdotes have been rolling in ever


Why doesn’t the new Congress inspire you?

Opinion: By Ann McFeatters Tribune News Service WASHINGTON Isn’t the new Congress exciting! Weren’t


College football coup

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Growing up in Texas, I learned that God and guns were important, but


Nominees should be put to test

Opinion: WASHINGTON Senate confirmation hearings put nominees on notice that, as a Michigan state


Extending the Euro

Opinion: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The eurozone continues to grow, but also continues to show the strains of


Primary election field taking shape

Opinion: With the filing deadline for the May primary less than a month away, candidates are starting to


Democratic Party’s attack on US Rep. Scalise misfires

Opinion: By Byron York Universal UClick Democrats have tried to rev up the outrage machine over news that


Human error a factor in labs handling the Ebola virus

Opinion: By Gavin Huntley-Fenner Los Angeles Times Christmas Eve brought the unwelcome news that a lab