Opinion and Editorial

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Criminal justice has gone wild

Opinion: WASHINGTON By history’s frequently brutal dialectic, the good that we call progress often comes


Battle raging over state Democratic Party chair

Opinion: When U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, the state’s best-known elected Democrat, strongly backed Sharen


Islamic State’s allure for French youths harken to WWII

Opinion: By Robert Zaretsky Los Angeles Times The Islamic State video showing the executions of 18


Body cams not a cure-all

Opinion: By Mark Davis The Dallas Morning News For a while there, it looked like a great week to suggest


Health workers in big demand

Opinion: By Helen Ouyang Los Angeles Times The United Nations estimates that 5,000 more international


Liberty school board members reclaim control of the district

Editorial: It seemed anticlimactic. No confetti, no balloons floating down from the ceiling, no high school


Let’s breathe justice, equality

Opinion: O, let my land be a land where Liberty Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath, But


Don’t sweat Christmas shopping — give books

Opinion: This year, Christmas shopping may be an especially welcome respite from the ugly events going on


Fueling fear of foreigners

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Gosh, has it been two whole years since Republican leaders vowed to


Post-Gadhafi Libya in chaos

Opinion: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Growing violence and destruction have marked Libya’s collapse as a nation


Courts need to be careful

Opinion: By Robert Smith and G. BEN COHEN Los Angeles Times Should a fisherman face two decades in prison


Grand jury finding in Ferguson, Mo., shooting was just

Opinion: A friend emailed last week with a question: “You said that you were reserving your (Ferguson)


Keep Ohio’s Online checkbook open to all for decades to come

Editorial: Quick! Which Ohio government department spent the most tax dollars in fiscal year 2014 to meet its


Findlay Courier: Bipartisanship is a concept that has not been associated with Ohio’s

Opinion: Findlay Courier: Bipartisanship is a concept that has not been associated with Ohio’s redistricting


It’s a right approach to immigration

Opinion: There is nothing like a little heat from a third political party to get the attention of career