Opinion and Editorial

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V&M Star’s new plant reaches milestone; good news for area

Editorial: We will never get tired of say- ing it: The Mahoning Valley is benefitting from a $1 billion-plus


Will election reform occur?

Opinion: COLUMBUS Ohio’s chief elections officer wants state lawmakers to regroup on redistricting and


Veggies, fruits good for health

Opinion: The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ind.: Yet another group has weighed in on organic fruits and


Four more years of decline

Opinion: Great nations and proud empires have always collapsed from within before they were conquered from


Local schools feel the pinch from loss of state funding

Editorial: Cuts in state funding for pub- lic schools and the diversion of funds from public school districts


Nation has faith in Obama

Opinion: By Annette John-Hall Philadelphia Inquirer Barack Obama has always said it was never about him.


It’s hard to follow the money

Opinion: WASHINGTON Specialty Group Inc. of Knoxville, Tenn., has a peculiar specialty: political


The Benghazi timeline

Opinion: The Benghazi timeline Seattle Times: Errant second-guessing by politically motivated news


Show of support for Obama

Opinion: In my Aug. 17 column, I wrote about the myth that a Republican presidential candidate needs to get


President gets a second act

Opinion: Second terms have rarely been kind to American presidents. Our last two-term leader, George W.


A world market

Opinion: Waukegan News-Sun: Gasoline prices in Lake County have been on a recent rollercoaster ride. The


Most important issues missing in presidential campaign

Opinion: By Michael Hiltzik Los Angeles Times You know all that talk about how Superstorm Sandy will


Election preserves status quo

Opinion: WASHINGTON America’s 57th presidential election revealed that a second important national


Ohioans clear that Senate seat is not for sale to highest bidder

Editorial: Republican state Treasurer Josh Mandel, who promised to serve out his four-year term when he was


There’s no stopping us

Opinion: There’s no stopping us Tuesday’s Doyle McManus column, “And the winner is: gridlock,” delivers a