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Education funding a prioity

Opinion: Education funding a prioity Ironton Tribune: When it comes to fixing Ohio’s public education


Ohio Senate Republicans see the light about Internet cafes

Editorial: In a quick and welcome turnabout, Ohio Senate President Keith Faber said Wednesday that the Senate


A time limit on detention

Opinion: A time limit on detention Los Angeles Times: The federal government has the authority to detain


Army goes off grid

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Do you know about “net zero”? That’s the wonky phrase attached to an


Ban texting while driving

Opinion: San Antonio (Texas) Express-News: Distracted driving is a growing hazard on Texas roadways and has


Congress should put on hold defense contract with Brazil

Editorial: U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Niles, D-13th, is extremely upset — with good reason, of course — that the


He’s no ‘enemy combatant’

Opinion: WASHINGTON Two of the three most infamous Supreme Court decisions were erased by events. The Civil


Pointing the finger of blame

Opinion: Britain’s late Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said it all when she wrote that the world has ”never


America needs a better disaster plan

Opinion: By David R. CONRAD and EDWARD A. THOMAS Los Angeles Times If the highest goal of fiscal reform


An experiment in gun safety

Opinion: An experiment in gun safety Let’s settle this problem once and for all. All we hear is that guns


Don’t let radical imams in

Opinion: The last time there was a terrorist attack on America, we got the Department of Homeland Security


Don’t hurt women

Opinion: By Cecile Richards McClatchy-Tribune Every woman, no matter what her ZIP code is, should have


States enact tough limits on abortion

Opinion: The national media descended on the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia last week, shamed into


Eleven years and counting

Opinion: Eleven years and counting This winter marked eleven years since the Mill Creek Park ice rink


Curfew violations clampdown may not be enough in Y’town

Editorial: Youngstown Police Chief Rod Foley says the 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew for youngsters under 18 is