Opinion and Editorial

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GOP leaders must fast-track bills to deter waste dumping

Editorial: Mahoning Valley residents have a special interest in legislation crawling through the Ohio General


Hispanics have stake in Senate debate

Opinion: The immigration debate that began this week in the Senate looms as the most consequential in years —


Can you trust government?

Opinion: Without the slightest hint of irony, President Obama said last week, “If people can’t trust not only


Ohio lawmakers must restore bite to long-stalled Nitro’s law

Editorial: Dog lovers throughout Ohio are understandably outraged over the latest in a long and senseless


Don’t take food from needy

Opinion: By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington McClatchy-Tribune News Service Congress should not cut federal


Balance of work, family

Opinion: By Susan Reimer The Baltimore Sun The Pew Research Center reports that mom is the top


When government can’t be trusted

Opinion: When government can’t be trusted By Cal Thomas, Tribune Media Services, Thomas, Cal Posted


Dann’s troubles behind him — finally

Opinion: More than five years after he resigned in shame as the state’s attorney general, perhaps Marc Dann


Beware the power of the state

Opinion: WASHINGTON As soon as the Constitution permitted him to run for Congress, Al Salvi did. In 1986,


Meat marriage made in heaven

Opinion: Philadelphia Inquirer: Seven years after Goldman Sachs bought a hunk of China’s Shuanghui


Jailing of educator provides clues on situation in Turkey

Opinion: If you want to understand why tens of thousands of young urban Turks have been demonstrating against


Observations of an older dad 10 years after parenting twins

Opinion: As we approach Father’s Day, here are my observations on being an older dad, 10 years into parenting


Valley must develop a strategy for increasing STEM workers

Editorial: Just days after this region rode high with the announcement of a $440 million gift from Siemens


Obama-Xi summit a failure

Opinion: By Steve Phillips The Baltimore Sun Since President Richard Nixon’s visit to China in February


Great Boardman car show revved up men to prevent prostate cancer

Opinion: Great Boardman car show revved up men to prevent prostate cancer The MANUP Mahoning Valley