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Charter change is about home rule

Opinion: Charter change is about home rule On March 17, the Vindicator published an editorial, “A flawed


State budget headed for first vote in Legislature

Opinion: COLUMBUS Lawmakers return to the Statehouse next week after a two-week spring break with a full


North Korea plays with fire by threatening US, S. Korea; intervention by China crucial

Editorial: Is Kim Jong Un, the cartoonish presi- dent of impoverished North Korea, simply crazy, or is he, as


Group helps young, black mothers obtain education goals

Opinion: Since 1986, Women Hand In Hand has provided some financial aid to 125 young women to obtain their bachelor’s degrees, and some have gone on to graduate school.


Give girls a fighting chance

Opinion: Give girls a fighting chance Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette: Two decades ago, conservatives in


NRA is winning gun battle

Opinion: President Barack Obama pleaded with Congress last week to remember the victims of December’s


Teachers, not students, are cheaters in Atlanta

Opinion: My first question after reading about seven teachers in an Atlanta, Ga., public school accused of


Gagging the critics

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords It’s one thing for Big Oil to bust into our communities,


Opening day with a twist

Opinion: U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson’s campaign is on a sporting events kick lately, seeking to connect them to


A new reality at the border

Opinion: By Andrew Selee Los Angeles Times The image of illegal immigration in the minds of most


Mahoning County’s libraries of tomorrow are focus of today

Editorial: The library of 2020 will be noth- ing like the library of 1910 — and will even be dramatically


Prices at the pump are a mystery

Opinion: Prices at the pump are a mystery My opening question on a letter to the editor in January 2012 was


Affirmative Action needed to balance the racial scales

Opinion: The Paris (Tenn.) Post-Intelligencer: The law ought to be colorblind, no doubt. It’s not right to


Boardman officials keep faith with residents who voted yes

Editorial: When residents of boardman approved a 3.8-mill police levy in August 2011, we suggested that the


Respect states on pot laws

Opinion: By Erwin Chemerinsky and Allen Hopper Los Angeles Times It may be surprising, but no state is