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A matter of rights

Opinion: By Debbie Barker McClatchy-Tribune The U. S. Supreme Court is hearing a case that should


Eyes on pre-primary prize

Opinion: In what is likely the biggest pre-primary-election prize for the Youngstown mayoral candidates,


Gambling shifts dollars

Opinion: News-Democrat, Belleville (Ill.): It’s often said that a rising tide lifts all boats, but maybe not


An economic boon

Opinion: By C. NICOLE MASON McClatchy-Tribune President Obama’s call to raise the minimum wage is a


Another setback for the Mahoning

Opinion: Another setback for the Mahoning It is sad for those of us who think there is still hope that


Governor on the right track with severance tax proposal

Editorial: It has been almost a year since we first came out in support of Gov. John Kasich’s plan to increase


‘Torture’ in America’s prisons

Opinion: WASHINGTON “Zero Dark Thirty,” a nominee for Sunday’s Oscar as Best Picture, reignited debate


Obama firm on deadly force

Opinion: The debate over the use of deadly force against an American who is on foreign soil and has ties to


Of course the national debt matters

Opinion: By William McKenzie The Dallas Morning News We Americans are stuck in domestic purgatory for


Boardman mechanics save the day

Opinion: Boardman mechanics save the day When one hears the names Austintown and Boardman in the same


Hard times in West Virginia

Opinion: Hard times in West Virginia Bluefield, Ky., Daily Telegraph: The job creation outlook for the


Dems summon McCarthy’s ghost

Opinion: Just as Lenin’s body remains on public display in Russia, because one never knows when he might be


Another year passes by while Delphi retirees wait for justice

Editorial: A year ago yesterday, we ran an editorial calling on former Youngstown Mayor Jay Williams, then the


How far will president go?

Opinion: WASHINGTON Will President Obama say to the Supreme Court what he said to the American people in


Obama sounding like Clinton

Opinion: We got a good long look at the second-term edition of Barack Obama last week, and he’s sounding more