Opinion and Editorial

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Youth voters grow in power

Opinion: By Heather Smith McClatchy-Tribune Young people aren’t going to show up in November. They’re


Truly world-class chutzpah

Opinion: Attorney General Eric Holder recently told a group of black clergymen that the right to vote was


Remembering a special day

Opinion: Remembering a special day At McDonald’s Memorial Day observance, Mayor Holmes read information


Peril speads with Syrian violence

Opinion: BIREH, Lebanon Sunni Arab leaders, in dark suits or long robes, were pulling up to the mosque in


Time is short for Russia to get on right side of history

Editorial: Four months ago, Russia and China blocked a United Nations Security Council resolution aimed at


Campaigns awash in cash

Opinion: WASHINGTON To grasp the clear and present danger that the current flood of campaign cash poses to


Let your kids go

Opinion: By Juleyka Lantigua-Williams McClatchy-Tribune Here’s a little advice for parents of students


A verdict, of sorts

Opinion: A verdict, of sorts Chicago Tribune: If jurors had been asked to decide whether John Edwards was a


Temper tantrum in Wisconsin

Opinion: WAUWATOSA, Wis. This state, the first to let government employees unionize, was an incubator of


Educated women suffer in Tajikistan

Opinion: By Haramgul Qodir Institute for War & Peace Reporting DUSHANBE, Tajikistan Gulnoza Kabirova’s


Count on Romney to show class

Opinion: Count on Romney to show class If Mitt Romney becomes presi- dent of the nation in January, I can


Beginnings and endings of graduations

Opinion: A friend is having a party this weekend, and she’s sad. Not a great way to head into a party, I


An old dog deserves more human compassion than this one was given

Opinion: A late night drive last Sat- urday night turned sour fast, leaving me disappointed with the Beaver


Break down of family is costly

Opinion: Family fragmentation costs American taxpayers a mind-boggling $112 billion a year, or more than $1


Youngstown, Austintown get good news from state on Covelli Centre, racino

Editorial: Ever since the Republican take- over of state government in January 2011, Democrats in the General