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Columbus Dispatch: Columbus police officers charged with keeping residents safe

Opinion: Columbus Dispatch: Columbus police officers are charged with keeping people in the city safe. A new


Community workshop on policing is Friday

Opinion: The three-hour workshop will be at First Presbyterian Church on Wick Avenue


‘Solutions’ in 2014 made things worse

Opinion: By Jay Ambrose Tribune News Service So, 2014 is done for. It was a year that happily ended with


Valley will be put to the test in 2015, but we will do well

Editorial: It is an article of faith that residents of the Mahoning Valley are resilient, and that when


A New Year’s resolution for the aging

Opinion: By Lane Filler Newsday If making New Year’s resolutions worked, I would be down to some pretty


Tax system benefits the rich

Opinion: By Joseph Anthony Los Angeles Times Congress managed to pass a tax bill in December — a great


New Year does not eliminate an old problem in Youngstown

Editorial: As 2014 came to a close, the academically challenged Youngstown City School District was forced to


Legal blow to crony capitalism

Opinion: WASHINGTON Mighty oaks from little acorns grow, so last year’s most encouraging development in


US-Afghanistan connection

Opinion: Los Angeles Times: After 13 years of war, more than 2,300 dead U.S. troops and the replacement of


Let peace, forgiveness reign

Opinion: Let peace, forgiveness reign Most New Year’s resolu- tions are only skin deep. The 2015 New Year’s


GOP govs eyeing presidency

Opinion: By Jonathan Zimmerman Los Angeles Times In 1947, U.S. historian Wilfred E. Binkley took stock of


What will the new year bring?

Opinion: After predicting Seattle’s Super Bowl victory and the re-election of governors in Ohio and


Political idiocy on display

Opinion: By Ann McFeatters Tribune News Service WASHINGTON As we vault into 2015, we are haunted by the


US continues to support friendly despots in the Mideast

Opinion: By Amanda Ufheil-Somers OtherWords For a moment, four years ago, it seemed that dictators in the


Shining light on affidavits

Opinion: The Wichita (Kansas) Eagle: A new law is shining a welcome light on criminal justice as it unfolds