Opinion and Editorial

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Disaster in the Philippines defies the usual definitions

Editorial: It will be a long time before the full extent of the devastation in the Philippines caused by


Kasich back in national spotlight

Opinion: COLUMBUS Ronald Phillips was supposed to die last week, paying the ultimate price for the brutal


Fond memories of Chester

Opinion: Every once in a while, I see an unusual sight, while attending one of the many garage sales during


Train wreck of Obamacare

Opinion: The Marietta Times: In a way, the train wreck that is the Obamacare website has been a godsend to


Let bridge-repair partnership span all quadrants of the state

Editorial: Public safety in Ohio received a much needed boost recently when the Ohio Department of


Betrayal of Israel is coming

Opinion: In Geneva, Switzerland, the United States and other major powers appeared close to a deal with Iran


A battle of Marietta natives

Opinion: The 6th Congressional District race will pit two-term incumbent Bill Johnson, a Republican, against


Ruling gives businesses ploy to bypass birth-control mandate

Opinion: Ruling gives businesses ploy to bypass birth-control mandate Can the birth-control man- date be


Antonini’s imprisonment can’t be the end of this bribery case

Editorial: When Lisa Antonini, as the trea- surer of Mahoning County, accepted $3,000 from a businessman in


Make Rhino hunt fair

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Have you ever heard of the rabbit hunter’s nightmare?A guy dreams


Combine Obama, Clinton and you get a better president

Opinion: WASHINGTON If only some mad (political?) scientist could build a creature combining Bill Clinton


State should take care of roads

Opinion: The News Star, Monroe, La.: Twelve billion dollars. That’s how much the state needs just to catch up


What was ‘Citizen Koch’ about?

Opinion: What was ‘Citizen Koch’ about? My wife and I are enthusi- asts of the Public Broadcast ing Service


Tea party is at a crossroads

Opinion: Third parties have had an unbroken record of failure in American presidential politics. So it was


Warren amasses impressive arsenal to take on gun crime

Editorial: A series of unfortunate homi- cides and shootings in Warren over the past few weeks has cast an