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NCAA is being heavy handed

Opinion: The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle: Who owns your name, your likeness, your image and your signature? In


Vote ‘Yes’ on Mahoning tax and demand accountability

Editorial: It will come as no surprise to our readers that we unhesitatingly support the passage of the


Senior citizens, keep fighting to get the benefits you earned

Opinion: Senior citizens, keep fighting to get the benefits you earned I am writing this letter to make


Voters get bang for their bucks in backing county library levy

Editorial: Mahoning County Issue 3, a 2.4- mill, five-year levy to fund and operate The Public Library of


Obama is the issue this year

Opinion: Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill once said, ”All politics is local.” That may have been true in Tip


Comparing Ebola with AIDS

Opinion: Sacramento Bee: Only in hindsight will we truly know whether the global response to Ebola was rapid


Little truth or consequences evident in Obama White House

Opinion: Little truth or consequences evident in Obama White House Truth or Consequences: These two words


Robb’s experience, qualifications ideal for appeals court judgeship

Editorial: In evaluating the Nov. 4 race for the 7th District Court of Appeals judgeship being vacated by


In two 11th District judge races, Cannon, Rice are clear choices

Editorial: In low-profile yet high-caliber appeals-court elections, the quantity of experience in office


Striking a blow for liberty

Opinion: WASHINGTON Come Tuesday, the national pastime will be the subject of oral arguments in a


Judge Rusu warrants support of voters in probate court race

Editorial: In formulating this endorsement editorial, we went into the archives and reread what we had said on

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Betras just can’t get a break

Opinion: The chairman of the Mahoning County Democratic Party, David Betras, called this writer at 4:18 p.m.


Awestruck by Traficant; US steelmaking revival; Ohio income-tax cut hurts many; South Range Schools levy merits support; Trooper deserves praise

Opinion: Traficant’s thundering voice left young Democrat awestruck This letter is in response to the


Yankee Run bets bigger is better for golf

Opinion: When we look back at what our lives were like 10 years ago, we see a lot of changes. With the golf


Democrats putting on brave front

Opinion: COLUMBUS Democrats running for statewide offices are trying to put a good face on the dismal poll