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Magic and mystery await Valley schools in 2013-14

Editorial: As thousands of youngsters in the Mahoning Valley plunge head-first into the start of the 2013-14


Reality vs. mirages in Egypt

Opinion: Nothing symbolizes the Utopianism of our times like both liberals and some conservatives calling for


More homes, more sales

Opinion: Norman (Okla.) Transcript: The number of Norman building permits issued for single family homes


GOP’s moral abomination

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords “Stop the moochers!” shouted a flock of GOP budget whackers in the


No easy path for a divided GOP in the Obamacare fight

Opinion: By Byron York Universal UClick The move to defund Obamacare has been slow to gather support in


Future of Egypt is bleak as blood continues to flow

Editorial: It’s becoming increasingly clear that Egypt is heading back to the future The warning from the


Tea Party increasingly becomes albatross around neck of GOP

Opinion: Tea Party increasingly becomes albatross around neck of GOP In your school days, do you recall


Is democracy dead in Egypt?

Opinion: Chicago Tribune: When Egypt’s military leaders in July removed the nation’s first democratically


Turning Technologies takes turn to top of world in its niche

Editorial: Turning Technologies, take a bow. The internationally acclaimed information-technology software


We, the people, are to blame

Opinion: By Donald Kaul OtherWords While pretty much everybody agrees that the U.S. tax code is a mess,


A cure for what ails the nation

Opinion: When I studied the U.S. Constitution in school, I learned that for a bill to become law it first had


Workers see wages rise

Opinion: The Bismarck (N.D.) Tribune: The high wages in North Dakota’s western oil-producing counties


Is Kasich eyeing presidency?

Opinion: COLUMBUS Gov. John Kasich is starting to sound more like presidential candidate John Kasich. Ask


Steel-dumping complaint needed to protect US firms

Editorial: To understand why foreign com- panies would dump steel pipe on the American market — apart from the


Own a radio station

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Are you tired of hearing nothing but the corporate news and