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Keeping an eye on the prize will fill a lot of stomachs

Editorial: Hunger isn’t anything new to the Mahoning Valley. An entry in today’s Years Ago column notes that


Fixing Ohio’s redistricting scheme

Opinion: Fixing Ohio’s redistricting scheme AColumbus Dispatch story a few weeks ago about nine potential


Bin Laden killing hasn’t settled Pakistan

Opinion: By Rafia Zakaria McClatchy-Tribune One year after the killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan,


We need to understand Afghans

Opinion: Last week I read a book called “Shakespeare in Kabul” that probably upends everything you thought


Romney will pick Portman

Opinion: The “Veepstakes” are on — but the smart money says they’re already over. Like belles at a


Year later, bin Laden killing remains a decision to behold

Editorial: As the details become public of the debates and deliberations within the White House over the


Go after the Asian carp

Opinion: Huron Daily Tribune (Bad Axe, Mich.): It’s hard to think of anything more unifying for Great Lakes


US’ strength is in its ideas

Opinion: Is the United States about to lose its place as the most powerful nation on Earth? It’s easy to


Who is a racist?

Opinion: Around this time of year, I sometimes hear from parents who have been appalled to learn that the


Failure to invest in young children threatens our future

Opinion: By Riane Eisler American Forum We’re being told that fiscal responsibility requires big cuts in


A disaster less well remembered

Opinion: A disaster less well remembered The Vindicator’s special edi- tion of the Titanic disaster was


What has happened to Brazil?

Opinion: Bad news for Brazil: its magic moment as the world’s most promising emerging market in the eyes of


It’s math, not class warfare

Opinion: Whenever President Barack Obama and other top Democrats say that simple fairness requires a tax


All the way with LBJ? Not really

Opinion: WASHINGTON Around noon on Saturday, Nov. 23, 1963, almost exactly 24 hours after the assassination


Underused post offices should close

Opinion: By James Gattuso The Heritage Foundation It’s no secret that the U.S. Postal Service is in