Opinion and Editorial

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Honoring Valley residents who have made a difference for people of color

Opinion: Black History Month again will bring forward the names of these people who have changed the fabric


Imperfect NCAA still has value

Opinion: Imperfect NCAA still has value Kansas City Star: Given the well-known problems of college sports —


An increased license fee is by any other name, well, a tax

Editorial: To some people a license plate is just a license plate. It’s something they have to keep on their


Clinton can teach Dems a lot

Opinion: Obama should take a lesson on how the former president’s emphasis on market economics win crucial


Cut the costs first

Opinion: By Caroline Poplin McClatchy-Tribune Yes, it can be done. We can — and should — reduce the


Boccieri, Wilson look ahead

Opinion: Two former congressmen with ties to the Mahoning Valley are considering runs for elected office in


It’s time to act on gun safety

Opinion: It’s time to act on gun safety In the United States, more than 85 people are killed at the hands


A season for pragmatism?

Opinion: WASHINGTON At the dawn of a new presidential term and a new Congress, the answers to two


Get Keystone pipeline going

Opinion: San Angelo (Texas) Standard-Times: After giving an unabashedly liberal inaugural address, approving


Make schools safe rather than scary

Opinion: By Rand Richards Cooper Hartford Courant The mass killing at Sandy Hook Elementary School has


Area has big stake in debate over natural gas exportation

Editorial: It’s not unusual for the Mahoning Valley’s congressmen to intercede on behalf of the steel and auto


Meet N.J.’s operatic governor

Opinion: TRENTON, N.J. Coyness is not part of Chris Christie’s repertoire, which does not stress subtlety,


Not following the Good Book

Opinion: Not following the Good Book I always wonder why officials swear on the Bible when they have no


Beware the drones

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Last year, Sheriff Tommy Gage of Montgomery County, Texas, was eager


Reid and Democrats settled for anemic filibuster reform

Editorial: The defenders of the effortless filibuster that has evolved in the Senate act as if preserving it