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Ebony Lifeline aims at addiction prevention, recovery among minorities

Opinion: Many people begin a new year resolving to better themselves. If you have decided this is the year


Break the chain of neglect

Opinion: By Paul Gionfriddo Hartford Courant My son Tim has a serious mental illness. Whenever a tragedy


The scholarship question

Opinion: The scholarship question Charleston (W.Va.) Daily Mail: The 50 states gave about $11 billion in


Where is the grand bargain?

Opinion: Our divided, gridlocked political system seems incapable of resolving the government’s long-term


Freeloaders have it made

Opinion: By Don Kusler McClatchy-Tribune WASHINGTON “Right-to-work” laws confer no rights and create no


Right-to-work laws create jobs, provide higher wages

Opinion: By Arthur C. BROOKS McClatchy-Tribune WASHINGTON Last month Michigan became the 24th state to


Big issues await action

Opinion: This is a year that will start fast politically. Mercifully, no major election is on tap. But


Fiscal-cliff deal could have been better, reached sooner

Editorial: The Constitution requires that all members of Congress be at least 25 years old and that the


What will Sammarone do?

Opinion: When it comes to his next political move, Youngstown Mayor Charles Sammarone is keeping people


Beware of the enemy within

Opinion: Beware of the enemy within When they were campaign- ing for public office, members of Congress


Perils of political punditry

Opinion: Back in 2011, at the dawn of a long presidential campaign, I established a fine baseline for my


Help elderly avoid scams

Opinion: St. Joseph (Mo.) News-Press: Stunning. Sickening. Frightening. A 100-year-old woman who lives in our


Fuel for bad loans

Opinion: One of the major points of contentions in the aftermath of the housing debacle was whether the


Decadence defines our democracy

Opinion: WASHINGTON Connoisseurs of democratic decadence can savor a variety of contemporary dystopias.


Fix private pensions before the debt

Opinion: By Scott Klinger Baltimore Sun While America’s CEOs are fretting about the government’s so-