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Colleges all about the bottom line

Opinion: By Natalie Hackett Abulhawa The Philadelphia Inquirer I am a senior in high school trying to


Thoroughbred horse racing returns to Mahoning Valley

Editorial: A little over a century ago, three prominent Mahoning Valley residents, Sen. David Tod, Atty. David


Jerusalem synagogue killings must not derail quest for peace

Editorial: The bumpy ride toward lasting Arab-Israeli peace swerved dangerously out of control this week when a


Extreme views fill pipeline

Opinion: By ANN McFEATTERS Tribune News Service WASHINGTON Surprisingly, the snail darter is not


Using a bludgeon in Wisconsin

Opinion: MILWAUKEE It is as remarkable as it is repulsive, the ingenuity with which the Obama


Revamp VA disability benefits

Opinion: Los Angeles Times: The United States owes an incalculable debt of gratitude to its military


Upper-one-percenters are stressed out

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Here’s something that might not have occurred to you: It’s not easy


Ohio’s true color revealed

Opinion: U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson didn’t just beat Democrat Jennifer Garrison in the 6th Congressional District


Unlike robbery, homosexuality is neither a crime nor a choice

Opinion: Unlike robbery, homosexuality is neither a crime nor a choice A few weeks ago, a gentle- man wrote


Truth a casualty of Iraq war

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Reflecting on World War I, California Sen. Hiram Johnson famously


City school district should ask state to help in cutting budget

Editorial: Aiming to eliminate $2 million in spending from next year’s operating budget, the superintendent of


A threat to America’s future

Opinion: President Obama is issuing an executive order that would make it possible for some illegal


Obama’s agreement on global pollution deserving of support

Editorial: President Barack Obama’s agree- ment with China last week to add taut muscle to the long-limping


Invest in pre-kindergarten

Opinion: The Greenwood (Miss.) Commonwealth: Whether Higher Education Commissioner Hank Bounds stays in


Liberalism, not slavery, is to blame

Opinion: Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said there were “phrases that serve as an excuse for not