Opinion and Editorial

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Celebs we will lose in 2019

Opinion: By Danny Tyree Cagle Cartoons OK, maybe it’s a little misleading for me to talk about


‘Debt’ and ‘deficit’ should have won ‘word of the year’ honors

Opinion: By Cokie Roberts and Steven V. ROBERTS Andrews McMeel Syndication The Oxford English


What will 2019 bring?

Opinion: By Peter Funt Cagle Cartoons Wondering if things will change for the better in the New Year?


Frustration ran rampant in Ohio throughout 2018

Editorial: Columbus Dispatch: The Dispatch Editorial Board is no different from many other commentators in one


Dip into Rainy Day Fund to save GM Lordstown

Opinion: Dip into Rainy Day Fund to save GM Lordstown Republicans won every state office in the last


2018 comes to close withSFlbGM Lordstown teetering

Editorial: A careful reading of the Dec. 21 letter from a vice president of General Motors to Ohio’s two U.S.


All politicians face a reckoning, and Trump’s is well underway

Opinion: WASHINGTON For the new year, critics of President Donald Trump should resolve not to be


More of the same in 2019

Opinion: And so the Mahoning Valley bids farewell to 2018 in the same way it began the year – deeply mired in


Reform of criminal justice system reflects rare act of bipartisanship

Opinion: Republicans and conservatives dating back at least to Richard Nixon have used the slogan “tough on


Truth about voter fraud claims

Opinion: By Leslie Watson Malachi OtherWords For years, Republicans in North Carolina have tried to roll


$14,000 toilet seat for PentagonSFlb

Opinion: By Lindsay Koshgarian OtherWords In this season of (hoped for) peace and goodwill, it’s worth


No-bid contracts by state must end in the new year

Editorial: Columbus Disptach: Yet another independent probe of contracting practices at the Ohio Department of


Robot janitors sign of times

Opinion: By Bob Lord OtherWords A few weeks ago, I cringed when I saw this headline on a popular


How will Trump’s Syria decision affect fight against Islamic State?

Opinion: By DAVID IGNATIUS Washington Post WASHINGTON The voice of Gen. Mazloum Abdi, the Kurdish


Trump’s demand for $$$ for the ‘wall’ lacks merit

Editorial: During the 2016 presiden- tial election as political newcomer Donald Trump was taking the country by