Opinion and Editorial

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EPA targets coal industry

Opinion: By Andrew P. MORRISS McClatchy-Tribune TUSCALOOSA, Ala. The U.S. Energy Information


Going beyond guns

Opinion: By Cathy Young Newsday In the wake of the horrific mass shooting in an Aurora, Colo., movie


Returning to the glory days

Editorial: Returning to the glory days The first thing a new owner of an NFL franchise needs is about a


Youngstown lawmakers snub residents on charter changes

Editorial: By deciding that only four of the 17 charter amendments recommended by a citizens committee will be


What about juvenile lifers?

Opinion: In late June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a mandatory sentence of life in prison without the


Banning guns won’t work

Opinion: Banning guns won’t work In response to last Sunday’s letter, “Too many guns, too many dead,” I


Judge Lioi speaks for most of us

Opinion: U.S. District Court Judge Sara Lioi’s eloquent reprimand last week of former Cuyahoga County


Investing in the Mahoning makeover

Opinion: I’ve had the pleasure to live in a handful of cool towns, and one common trait in several of them is


Dismissing Portman as boring is a mistake

Opinion: While politicians and journalists may sometimes be friendly, journalists need some distance to


Romney-Obama a great guy

Opinion: COLUMBUS I received a call from a disgruntled reader the other day. She wasn’t happy that I


Money for Iraq’s rebuilding has vanished into thin air

Editorial: Where’s the outrage from the self-styled paragons of budgetary virtue, led by tea party adherents


It’s about saving lives

Opinion: Chicago Sun-Times: As the states debate whether to expand Medicaid to more poor people, as called


Fighting AIDS in black community requires educating our young

Opinion: One of my best friends died from complications of AIDS in San Diego, Calif., three years ago. He


Coverage improves for some women; others can only wait

Editorial: Despite the hyperbolic predic- tions of the death of religious freedom in the United States, another


Beefing up Web security

Opinion: Beefing up Web security Los Angeles Times: The first line of defense against cybercriminals is to