Opinion and Editorial

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There’s no gain from the pain

Opinion: PHOENIX The federal government is a bull that has found yet another china shop, this time in


Obama again takes on China

Editorial: President Barack Obama brought his re-election campaign to the Mahoning Valley Friday with a speech


Feds must come clean on Antonini

Opinion: It has been a year since Lisa Antonini, former treasurer of Mahoning County and former Democratic


Patriot Water still under the gun from ODNR and EPA

Editorial: The Ohio Environmental Protec- tion Agency and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources understand,


Non-violent offenders get a second chance in Ohio

Opinion: Some formerly incarcerated offenders in Ohio have had a difficult, if not impossible, time finding a


Some ‘think tanks’ don’t think

Opinion: Some ‘think tanks’ don’t think I’m used to be stunned at the distance conservatives will go to


Disabled residents in peril

Opinion: Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat: There ought to be a law. People often say that when they hear about


Will attacks on Romney work?

Opinion: COLUMBUS Remember the Outsourcerer? He was that guy from the Democratic Party, dressed up like a


High schools must change

Opinion: By Marc F. BERNSTEIN Newsday It’s time for the next big thing in education, a true revolution in


U.S. apologizes to Pakistan; Afghan supply lines reopen

Editorial: For the past seven months, the crucial supply routes from Pakistan to Afghanistan have been closed


Deal provides compensation to former baseball players

Opinion: Major League Baseball’s annual midsummer exhibition, the All-Star Game, is Tuesday. Millions will


GM recovery gives employees the possibility of ‘going home’

Editorial: General Motors is involved in a “reunification” effort that makes sense for the company and its


Haven for chickens

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Some people complain that their town has gone to the dogs. Bastrop,


Betrayal by the chief justice

Opinion: Betrayal is hard to take, whether in our personal lives or in the political life of the nation. Yet


Out of tragedy, some hope

Opinion: WASHINGTON This is the saddest story you will ever read about how a bill becomes law. It should