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We have unrealistic expectations of our public figures

Opinion: By Christine M. FLOWERS Philadelphia Daily News A few years ago, Charles Barkley got into a lot


Financial transaction tax can aid college attendance

Opinion: By Ronald M. GLASSMAN and GERALD E. SCORSE Los Angeles Times Nothing is more central to the


Worst regulations of 2014

Opinion: By James Gattuso and Diane Katz The Heritage Foundation As 2014 came to a close, it was


A washer and a dryer: That’s life

Opinion: By Gina Barreca The Hartford Courant What’s the most ridiculous, apparently trivial and yet now


Euphoria over low gas prices carries benefits and dangers

Editorial: Though the calendar now reminds us that the holiday season has officially ended, the season of joy


Vick’s hometown does right by dogs

Opinion: By Daphna Nachminovitch People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Dogs in Newport News, Va.—


2015 brings glimmers of hope

Opinion: 2014 was such a grim year for foreign policy that I’d like to write a column predicting things will


US prison bureau’s silence is insulting to Mahoning Valley

Editorial: First a word about the inappropri- ate reaction of the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio to the


Meacham, Rusu allow us to hope

Opinion: There’ll be something of significance missing when Mahoning County’s auditor and probate judge start


Capital punishment faces an uncertain future in Ohio

Opinion: Nearly a year ago, Dennis McGuire’s execution in Ohio took an inordinate amount of time. A procedure


Are cop protests really about justice?

Opinion: Are cop protests about justice or self-promotion and revenge? In a letter four years ago, after


The magic of not-so-ordinary people

Opinion: People like to size up the job of working at a newspaper and often think it must be cool to report


2014 year of sinking hopes for peace

Editorial: In rewinding the year just ended, 2014 will go down in history as one in which prospects for


Rascal Flatts gets its day

Opinion: COLUMBUS A new state poet laureate, a sales-tax holiday before school starts in the fall and


Hippocratic oath under scrutiny

Opinion: By Nora Zamichow and Ken Murray Los Angeles Times The Hippocratic oath, a roughly 2,000-year-old