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Dem dinner merited coverage

Opinion: Dem dinner merited coverage I am not sure what Mahon- ing County Republican Party chairman Mark


Beware consequences of war

Opinion: By Uri Dromi McClatchy Newspapers The recent meeting between President Obama and Prime Minister


Social Security, Medicare must not fall victim to cuts

Opinion: By Max Richtman Baltimore Sun It’s no accident there’s been a scarcity of meaningful


Youngstown schools system can do without disruptions

Editorial: While we have long URGED com- munity participation in the academic and financial rebuilding of the


2016: A political odyssey

Opinion: WASHINGTON Enough about the 2012 election already. Let’s talk 2016, which promises to be far more


We’re paying union officials

Opinion: PHOENIX Sal DiCiccio says he’s sorry. It is, he says, no excuse that the complex labor contracts


Talk about short memories

Opinion: Talk about short memories Lima News: It hasn’t been even a half-year since Ohioans learned about


President should be given respect

Opinion: President should be given respect It is too bad that we have so many bigots in this country that


Leaving Afghanistan won’t be easy, and can’t be done quickly

Editorial: It should not come as a surprise that the tragic rampage of a presumably deranged U.S. soldier


Romney has Hispanic problem

Opinion: Two new polls of Latino voters confirm what I have been writing for several months: Republican


Putin’s paranoia troubling

Opinion: MOSCOW Can Washington have a working relationship with a Russian leader who thinks Americans are


Republicans should aim to inspire

Opinion: You’ve got to hand it to Democrats and the Obama re-election campaign. Like a quarterback who looks


Voter ID legislation wrong

Opinion: Winston-Salem (N.C.) Journal: Voter suppression, typically aimed at racial and ethnic minorities,


Protect water before anything else

Opinion: Protect water before anything else Present Ohio law does not adequately protect clean water


Massachusetts offers lessons

Opinion: By Jim Stergios and Joshua Archambault McClatchy-Tribune Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney