Opinion and Editorial

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Sequester is killer

Opinion: By Karen N. HALL McClatchy-Tribune If the government does not bring an end to the sequestration,


No room for art in the welfare state

Opinion: Someone called politics ”the art of the possible.” But, in the era of the modern welfare state,


Crime-fighting in Youngstown is going into high gear — again

Editorial: On the heels of a very successful war on crime in the city of Warren, which came on the heels of a


The entitlements game

Opinion: By Caroline Poplin McClatchy-Tribune Republicans (and, alas, some Democrats) believe that the


A gimmick to cure sequester pain

Opinion: WASHINGTON How predictable was that? Sequestration starts to pinch — and pinch the middle class —


President is changing the nation

Opinion: President is changing the nation I am keeping a close watch on the White House and the Congress,


Signs of grown-ups in charge

Opinion: WASHINGTON Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, chairman of the Financial Services Committee, has told


Russian kids pawns in political clash

Opinion: By Howard Altstein Baltimore Sun Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland recently met with the family of


Bush library boosts legacy

Opinion: Presidential libraries, like the one that opened last week in Dallas honoring George W. Bush, serve


Obama can’t ignore danger if Assad used chemical weapons

Editorial: President Barack Obama has been properly reticent about involving the United States in the Syrian


Keystone a bad bet

Opinion: By Dan Becker and James Gerstenzang McClatchy-Tribune WASHINGTON President Obama is facing a


Human rights abuses in Cuba

Opinion: Human rights abuses in Cuba Miami Herald: The State Department’s latest report on human-rights


Stop sending the wrong message

Opinion: Stop sending the wrong message I am appalled at the isolation ist attitudes in this city. I can


Camera never lies or blinks

Opinion: As the city of Youngstown cracks down on curfew violations with a new initiative aptly named “Do You


Vote no on charter amendment

Editorial: Think of a city’s charter as a Con- stitution, a document that succinctly sets forth the principles