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GM gets thrown on hot seat while Toyota takes a cruise

Opinion: GM gets thrown on hot seat while Toyota takes a cruise Another dilemma for the auto industry, but


Earning while still learning

Opinion: Decatur (Ala.) Daily: Not only do college graduates get a nicely mounted diploma upon graduation,


Actual race for appeals court will unfold in fall campaign

Editorial: There are two names on the May 6 Democratic ballot for the 7th District Court of Appeals seat (Feb.


Ohio needs sprinkler-system law to reduce number of fire fatalities

Opinion: Ohio needs sprinkler-system law to reduce number of fire fatalities In the first three months of


Let taxpayers vote to set wages for Mahoning County workers

Opinion: Let taxpayers vote to set wages for Mahoning County workers Wouldn’t you like to be a Mahoning


Hold charter schools to higher standards of accountability

Editorial: Evidence continues to mount that the two-decade-long Ohio experiment in charter schooling has failed


GOP looks to Land in Michigan

Opinion: DETROIT Robert Griffin, now 90, who rose to be second in the Republican U.S. Senate leadership,


Kerry misjudges Mideast

Opinion: After his spectacular, but predictable, failure to move forward the “peace process” between Israel


Cherry-picking and misleading?

Opinion: Cherry-picking. Misleading. Those were among the top accusations from Mahoning County bosses


To repeat: It's all about the pension

Opinion: Reading last Sunday’s Page One story about the exorbitant raises slopped up by a goodly number of


Shocking column unfairly attackedSFlbformer appeals court Judge O’Neill

Opinion: Shocking column unfairly attackedSFlbformer appeals court Judge O’Neill We were shocked to read


Talk about a freaky news day

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords On a recent morning, after checking news reports, I thought: What a


13th District Democratic voters have clear choice in May: Ryan

Editorial: After 12 years and some choice committee assignments, U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan has shed the “rising star”


Christmas in April in Columbus

Opinion: COLUMBUS State lawmakers have left town for their spring recess, with no voting sessions


Election in Afghanistan shows voters’ desire for democracy

Editorial: It isn’t an exaggeration to say that the people of Afghanistan were willing to pay the ultimate