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SCRIPTURES

Opinion: SCRIPTURES Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say,


Obama responsible for Syrian ‘crisis’

Opinion: I cannot see why even a single American, a single Israeli or a single Syrian civilian should be


Aqua America’s decision not to buy rail line telling

Editorial: How practical is it to oper- ate the controversy-ridden Youngstown & Southern Railroad? Three major


US can’t be world’s police force

Opinion: US can’t be world’s police force With all that has taken place in the Middle East and now with


Try to find resources to hire more police in Youngstown

Editorial: The economic downturn that battered the United States in recent years has left its painful mark on


Era of cursive writing ends

Opinion: Los Angeles Times: For all the new things that schools will be called on to teach under the soon-to-


Stocks vs. socks

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords America’s economic recovery can be measured not only in the


Cal Thomas fails miserably with health-care propaganda

Opinion: Shame on Cal Thomas for recycling that propaganda about the alleged horror of health care in the


Reasons to be dismayed about 2016

Opinion: WASHINGTON On Jan. 20, 1981, Michael Deaver, a political aide, peered into a bedroom in Blair


Castro deserves no sympathy for ending his life behind bars

Editorial: In the end, the monster turned out to be a coward — when faced with the reality of living the rest


Get Mother Nature’s drift

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords My father was an early member of a group now known disparagingly as


Help for sexual assault victims

Opinion: San Antonio Express-News: Texas rape victims have often been forced to drive several hours to reach


Time to rein in unlicensed, uninsured driving in Ohio

Editorial: Police, prosecutors and judges alike target driving without insurance or licenses as the most


A sordid tale of two mob bosses

Opinion: James “Whitey” Bulger, murderous boss of the Irish-American organized crime gang in South Boston,


A criminal record should not be a sentence for life

Opinion: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder recently announced that low-level, nonviolent drug offenders will