Opinion and Editorial

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Death and life in Maryland

Opinion: The Maryland legislature recently voted to abolish capital punishment in the state, making Maryland


‘Gifted Hands’ is a remarkable story

Opinion: A remarkable book titled ”Gifted Hands” tells the personal story of Benjamin Carson, a black kid


DeWine takes evidence in Steubenville case to next level

Editorial: The state attorney general’s of- fice would not normally become involved in prosecuting a rape case


State moves the target again

Opinion: State moves the target again Lancaster Eagle Gazette: The problem with labels is they rarely tell


Stop covering abuse claims

Opinion: Stop covering abuse claims I am angered by the press coverage of the supposedly abused men at


Opening Ohio’s adoption records

Opinion: Opening Ohio’s adoption records Although my birth father and I reunited nearly 40 years after I


New tax will hurt retirees

Opinion: By Andrew P. MORRISS McClatchy-Tribune TUSCALOOSA, Ala. Taxing financial transactions is the


Botched purchases of routers

Opinion: The Inter-Mountain, Elkins, W.Va.: At long last, West Virginia state government is admitting the


Obama will have to be deal-maker

Opinion: WASHINGTON When it comes to Republicans, President Obama sees himself as a kind of reverse Sally


School board members need to get heads out of the clouds

Editorial: It isn’t the perception of the public that should cause the Youngstown Board of Education to worry


Tax will curb Wall St. beast

Opinion: By Mark Weisbrot McClatchy-Tribune WASHINGTON Let’s get one thing straight: the United States


License to kill competition

Opinion: By Glenn Garvin Miami Herald A Minnesota funeral home owner is having to sue his own state


Right to legal representation

Opinion: By Laurel G. BELLOWS McClatchy-Tribune Imagine yourself being arrested for a crime. You are


High Court must tread cautiously

Opinion: WASHINGTON When on March 26 the Supreme Court hears oral arguments about whether California’s ban


What’s the point of flying if you can’t play mumbletypeg?

Editorial: Over the Past 11 years, most peo- ple who carry pocket knives or corkscrews (apparently more people