Opinion and Editorial

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Bipartisan politics is a menace

Opinion: WASHINGTON Bipartisanship, the supposed scarcity of which so distresses the high-minded, actually


A cakewalk for lawmakers

Opinion: The Brunswick (Ga.) News: It’s hard to understand how members of a lawmaking and policy-making body


Will new owner of Y&S rail be ‘good neighbor’ for Boardman?

Editorial: As executives of the Canadian company intending to buy the controversial Youngstown & Southern


Youngstown isn’t alone

Opinion: Youngstown isn’t alone After we read Bertram de Souza’s May 6 column we thought a quote we read


Spread oversight fairly

Opinion: Spread oversight fairly Columbus Dispatch: A brightening spotlight on for-profit colleges could


Rich expatriots choose money over country

Opinion: By Sam Pizzigati OtherWords Back in 1863, a short story took the American reading public by


Ohio legislators ignore the obvious about Internet cafes

Editorial: Recognizing that Ohio was en- tering a new era with the opening of the first of four legal gambling


Whither political Islam?

Opinion: The presidential candidates confronted each other in front of the TV cameras for four hours on


Romney shines at Liberty

Opinion: LYNCHBURG, Va. It wasn’t exactly the belly of the beast Republican presidential candidate Mitt


Is Edwards a criminal?

Opinion: WASHINGTON The prosecution has rested in a case that should never have been brought: the ghastly


City schools must act boldly

Opinion: A decade ago, KnowledgeWorks came to Youngstown with an audacious idea: Youngstown high school


Postal Service plan sensible

Opinion: Huron (Mich.) Daily Tribune: The U.S. Postal Service has announced a plan to keep thousands of rural


Slaughter of dogs

Opinion: By Nigar Musayeva Institute for War & Peace Reporting BAKU, Azerbaijan Authorities here are


GOP should not be allowed to undermine constitution

Editorial: Only the most na Øve or the most partisan Ohioans will buy the self-serving claptrap from Republican


Chen’s great escape framed in horror

Opinion: By Jennifer A. MARSHALL Heritage Foundation It has all the makings of a spellbinding screenplay: