Opinion and Editorial

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Are female senators treated differently?

Opinion: As the son of a woman, the husband of a woman and the father of daughters and granddaughters, I


What-ifs are a part of Nixon’s legacy

Opinion: By Bill Whalen Los Angeles Times A century ago on Jan. 9, Richard Nixon was born in a Southern


Democrats demonize the rich

Opinion: Democrats demonize the rich Based on the reaction to a lettter I wrote last month, it appears


War in Congress

Opinion: By Mike Norman Fort Worth Star-Telegram Dinner-table conversation is a favored pastime at our


Youngstown council off to a good start

Editorial: City lawmakers passed two important ordinances at their first meeting of 2013.


Let’s stop stigmatizing mental illness

Opinion: By Gene Lyons Arkansas Times Of all the outrages to decency and common sense during National


From one Marine to another

Opinion: From one Marine to another To the gentleman dining at the Olive Garden in Boardman around 7 p.m.


Plenty of problems

Opinion: By William A. COLLINS OtherWords You’ll be pleased to hear that after decades of diligent


Jail dollars define cooperation

Opinion: Midland (Mich.) Daily News: For years now, leaders from all over the mid-Michigan area have been


Clinton’s critics are quacks

Opinion: If only the people intent on dissecting Hillary Clinton’s blood clot would channel that energy in


It’s the worst job in Congress

Opinion: Spare a little sympathy, if you can, for John A. Boehner of Ohio, speaker of the House of


Starting 2013 with good news on the Cruze, looking for more

Editorial: It doesn’t get much better than starting a new year with good news. And so it is that the entire


The perils of Arctic oil drilling

Opinion: The perils of Arctic oil drilling Los Angeles Times: There’s at least a tiny bit of good news in


Conservative talking heads accuse Clinton of ‘clot plot’

Opinion: By Susan Reimer Baltimore Sun Apparently, if the secretary of state needs to take a sick day,


President Obama needs ex-Sen. Hagel in the Pentagon

Opinion: By Ray McGovern Baltimore Sun Absent from the discussion about whether former Sen. Chuck Hagel