Opinion and Editorial

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Will Valley racino ever be built?

Opinion: Has the Mahoning Valley become Ground Zero in the battle of the “Casino Titans”? That question looms


It’s worth making an exception to keep Hathorn at the helm

Editorial: As a general rule, we are opposed to the retire/rehire policies that have grown in popularity in the


Lucasville anniversary spotlights Ohio’s prison problems

Opinion: In the fall of 2011, Ohio became the first, and remains the only, state to sell an existing state


Community response saved a boy

Opinion: Community response saved a boy I am writing this letter for many reasons, but most importantly my


Tips and trouble in Times Square

Opinion: There is trouble in Gotham, and I can attest to it. Amid our current worries of a North Korea


Global investigation shows the extent of tax avoidance

Editorial: 2Romney, former governor of Massachusetts and former head of Bain Capital investment group, refused


It’s a treasure trove of stuff

Opinion: COLUMBUS Medicaid and taxes and school funding will be the focus of newspaper headlines over the


Foster care needs work

Opinion: Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, S.D.: Federal law says Native American children belong in Native American


A new approach to N. Korea

Opinion: What to do about Kim Jong Un, the world’s greatest showman, who is noisily threatening a nuclear war


Targeting food stamp fraud

Opinion: Targeting food stamp fraud Marietta Times: Federal officials announced recently that Ohio has


Long-term foster care is not the place for a kid

Editorial: There are thousands of children in need of foster care or adoption in Ohio, and foster parents,


Obamacare unlikely to work

Opinion: With Obamacare’s main provisions only a few months from full implementation, the law is now moving


News business is alive

Opinion: The guest of honor at a small luncheon hosted by Texas Christian University Chancellor Victor


A novel by Twain that’s worth saving

Opinion: By Bruce Ramsey Seattle Times For decades, Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” was


Chained CPI angers seniors

Opinion: President Obama didn’t release his proposed budget for 2014 until Wednesday, but liberals and AARP