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Obama outlines realistic plan to take on Islamic State thugs

Editorial: The United States and its West- ern allies cannot be the face of the military campaign against


Climate change is for the birds

Opinion: The Post-Intelligencer, Paris, Tenn.: What if the only Orioles in Baltimore were wearing baseball


Dem candidate is unfazed

Opinion: Despite the growing list of setbacks facing the Democratic nominee for governor, and her own


Where’s outcry after killings of police officers in America?

Opinion: Where’s outcry after killings of police officers in America? On Sept. 22, 1987, Youngstown


Renew this Patriot Day vow: We will never forget 9/11

Editorial: A lot has changed in our nation and world since the al-Qaida terrorist group savagely attacked the


An attack on political speech

Opinion: WASHINGTON Since Barry Goldwater, accepting the Republicans’ 1964 presidential nomination, said


Janay Rice is the real victim

Opinion: WASHINGTON Reader, she married him. The day after he was indicted on a charge of aggravated


US District Judge Economus again blasts Ohio over voting

Editorial: Ten years after the state of Ohio was nationally ridiculed for way it conducted the presidential


Earthquakes trigger probe

Opinion: Tulsa (Okla.) World: Gov. Mary Fallin has created a panel to coordinate an investigation into the


Mob rule threatens to destroy economy

Opinion: While we talk about democracy and equal rights, we seem increasingly to let both private and


Burger King’s move to Canada is an attack on the middle class

Opinion: Burger King’s move to Canada is an attack on the middle class Well here we go again. The American


As downtown reinvents itself, so, too, must city’s South Side

Editorial: “The downfall of Youngstown’s South Side is one of the greatest tragedies in American urban history.


E-cigarettes have risks and benefits

Opinion: WASHINGTON E-cigarettes pose a public policy conundrum. They are a gateway drug — but it’s not,


Life jackets are lifesavers

Opinion: Lima News: In four words, state watercraft officer Travis Martin summed up the value of life jackets


Parents should push schools for more healthful cafeteria lunches

Opinion: Parents should push schools for more healthful cafeteria lunches With the start of a new school