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It makes sense for Hubbard and Liberty schools to share treasurer

Editorial: It’s taking longer than may have been expected to ink a deal for Liberty and Hubbard to share the services of a school treasurer.


Stricter gun laws may be a reality

Opinion: If you’re thinking that last week’s tragedy in Newtown, Conn., makes it likely that Congress will


A projected shortfall isn’t the same as a real, live shortfall

Opinion: A projected shortfall isn’t the same as a real, live shortfall I feel I must respond to the Dec.


We must address the violence

Opinion: We must address the violence Sun Herald (Biloxi, Miss.): Something is dreadfully wrong in America.


Making a mountain out of a molehill

Opinion: WASHINGTON The poet Carl Sandburg supposedly was asked by a young playwright to attend a


Child abuse by the numbers

Opinion: Child abuse by the numbers Herald-Dispatch, Huntington, W. Va.: Combating child abuse is a tricky


Exploited union workers vote with their feet

Opinion: By Glenn Garvin Miami Herald Labor unions and their political buddies have sworn that they will


Retiring Jim Petro leaves a record of exemplary public service

Editorial: By any measure, Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Jim Petro has been an outstanding public servant. Petro’s 28 years in government have been marked by a record of honesty and hard work, and a commitment to doing good for the people of Ohio.


Obama on right side in Michigan

Opinion: By Brian Gilmore McClatchy-Tribune President Obama is right to side with organized labor in


People with guns kill people

Opinion: People with guns kill people After every tragedy involv- ing an antisocial or mentally unstable


Finding the strength to change

Opinion: WASHINGTON Like so many other people these days, I regain my composure only to see it crumble in


Evil defies explanation

Opinion: Trying to explain an evil act like the one that killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook


Ohio not high on Forbes list

Opinion: Ohio not high on Forbes list Marietta Times: Ohio is one of 11 states that made the Forbes list of


Gun control advocates are ignorant

Opinion: Must every tragic mass shooting bring out the shrill ignorance of “gun control” advocates? The key


Let’s stop the gun violence

Opinion: By Dan Gross Hartford Courant This time the shots didn’t ring out in a movie theater in