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Trump needs to embrace real immigration reform

Editorial: President Donald J. Trump used his first prime-time televised address to the nation Tuesday to


Romney should rein in his ego

Opinion: By Michael Reagan Cagle Cartoons What’s with Mitt Romney, the newly minted Republican senator


Evangelicals falsely believe they have found a champion in Trump

Opinion: By MICHAEL GERSON Washington Post WASHINGTON By all indications, the reluctant support by


Ohio deserves more fair House districts by 2020

Editorial: Akron Beacon Journal: On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would take up again the matter


Brexit’s day of reckoning is here

Opinion: LONDON To Brexit, or not to Brexit, that is the question (apologies to Shakespeare). The answer to


A gift wish list for after holidays

Opinion: By Will Durst Cagle Cartoons It’s way past time to congratulate the baby Jesus on the


‘Grubby’ pay-raise bill is a shameful display of greed

Editorial: State Rep. Michele Lepore- Hagan of Youngstown was absolutely justified in her condemnation of her


Will our leaders lead?

Opinion: By Tom Purcell Cagle Cartoons Celebrating the holidays with friends and family the past few


Democrats are already jockeying for 2020 presidential nomination

Opinion: WASHINGTON It has begun. The field of candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination


Strike deal on Dreamers

Editorial: Columbus Dispatch: It’s depressing — but also fitting — that the new Congress has come to town in


Resolve to help our planet by giving up on straws

Editorial: Canton Repository: Whether you’re still looking for a resolution you can keep through 2019 or you


Changes made in college football playoff selections confusing and misguided

Opinion: Changes made in college football playoff selections confusing and misguided College football fans


Today’s Germany is the best Germany the world has seen

Opinion: BERLIN In one of contemporary history’s intriguing caroms, European politics just now is a story


2019: A year of reckoning for the city of Youngstown

Editorial: In early 2018, we opined that Youngstown’s new mayor, Jamael Tito Brown, would have no choice but to


Pelosi takes Ryan to school

Opinion: A day before her mother, Nancy Pelosi, was again sworn in as speaker of the U.S. House of