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Oklahoma teachers turn heroes

Opinion: Oklahoma teachers turn heroes Dallas Morning News: The tornado warnings came just as school was


Even a narrow victory can shrink

Opinion: The close Democratic primary for Youngstown mayor got even closer when all of the votes were


Homeless criminals

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Whenever one of our cities gets a star turn as host of some super-


Tornadoes have an eerie, evil sound

Opinion: By John Kass Chicago Tribune Does a killer tornado really sound like a freight train? “I don’t


Ohio Senate must no longer stonewall Nitro’s Law

Editorial: “No person shall knowingly torture, torment, needlessly mutilate or maim, cruelly beat, poison,


NLRB’s school-door stand

Opinion: WASHINGTON Early in an opinion issued recently by a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court


Banks still want bailouts

Opinion: Banks still want bailouts Philadelphia Inquirer: The nation’s biggest banks are waging an


Pessimism continues to grow

Opinion: By Peter Goldmark Newsday A recent survey indicates that the American middle class has become


Learning a ‘Triangle’ lesson

Opinion: By Richard Greenwald and Michael Hirsch Los Angeles Times The deaths of more than 600 garment


The case of the patented genes

Opinion: WASHINGTON Angelina Jolie’s genes threatened to kill her. But, for the time being anyway, she


Once again, tragedy from afar strikes a chord close to home

Editorial: It has been nearly 28 years since a killer tornado swept through the Mahoning and Shenango valleys,


Justice demands more

Opinion: Justice demands more Herald-Dispatch, Huntington, W. Va.: The administration of justice sometimes


Tyranny is no longer ‘lurking’

Opinion: Given last week’s revelation that the IRS targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status,


Apply now for a tax dodge

Opinion: Last week, after the news broke that Internal Revenue Service agents in Cincinnati had been giving


Don’t fence me in

Opinion: By William A. COLLINS OtherWords Many folks with big incomes are responding to the tensions of