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Code enforcement gets short shrift

Opinion: Code enforcement gets short shrift There is an issue that paral- lels the shortage of sanitarians


Wimps will lose to barbarians every time

Opinion: An all too familiar scene was enacted on the campus of Swarthmore College during a meeting on May


Europe resists extremism

Opinion: BARCELONA It hardly qualifies as breaking news that Europe is in the middle of a deep and


Senators get away with shirking

Opinion: Senators get away with shirking On a recent Thursday, each and every one of the eight Republican


Added scrutiny of charter schools in city and state is overdue, but finally coming

Editorial: State and local education lead- ers are committing themselves to beefed-up monitoring of Ohio’s


Why can IRS question your motives?

Opinion: By Matthew Spalding Heritage Foundation Across this great land, patriotic Americans are behaving


Industry shouldn’t call the shots

Opinion: Charlotte Observer: We’re disturbed that a new rule set for approval by the North Carolina Mining


Give working parents a choice

Opinion: Every working parent has gotten that phone call at work, the one that seems to come at the worst


Targeting the wrong drinkers

Opinion: By Sarah Longwell Special to The Vindicator For most Americans, Memorial Day means one thing:


Don’t blame Affordable Care Act for physician shortage

Opinion: By Don Kusler McClatchy-Tribune WASHINGTON Contrary to what you may have heard from its


Specialty courts dispense fair justice for U.S. veterans

Editorial: Col. James Dignan, commander of the 910th Airlift Wing at the Youngstown Air Reserve Station,


Most doctors find Obamacare too hard to swallow

Opinion: By Robert E. MOFFIT McClatchy-Tribune WASHINGTON Among President Obama’s broken promises,


Real scandal of Benghazi? Theatrics of Republicans

Opinion: Yes, Virginia, there is a Benghazi scandal. The scandal is that Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and


Hack attacks

Opinion: By Bart Chilton McClatchy-Tribune The confluence of social networks and business technology is


Ohio Dems could use right to work

Opinion: Why can’t the Republican majority in the Ohio General Assembly just play nice and give minority