Opinion and Editorial

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It’s about health care, not sex

Opinion: More than plenty of opinion has been expressed about the revolting comments made recently by the


Talks with Taliban put women at risk

Opinion: By Mina Habib Institute for War & Peace Reporting KABUL, Afghanistan Rights groups are


Don’t take ‘Nigerian Taliban’ lightly

Opinion: By Morgan Roach Heritage Foundation Last summer, Boko Haram, a little-known Islamic insurgency


Slowly, but surely, change coming to the public sector

Editorial: Advocates for change in the way the public sector in the Mahoning Valley conducts the peoples’


Keep postal center in Youngstown

Opinion: Keep postal center in Youngstown I am saddened to see the loss of these jobs at our postal


Holder’s death-by-drone rules

Opinion: Holder’s death-by-drone rules Los Angeles Times: Not too many debates were settled last week when


The great debate over oil prices and who is to blame

Editorial: The debate between economists and politicians over whether a president can control gasoline prices


Attack on Iran problematic

Opinion: By Bruce Ackerman Los Angeles Times Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to


Obama gives tourism boost

Opinion: By Roger Dow McClatchy-Tribune WASHINGTON President Obama’s decision to speed-up visa


US security could be harmed

Opinion: By Amy Ridenour McClatchy-Tribune WASHINGTON President Obama’s willingness to sacrifice


President ignoring the law

Opinion: WASHINGTON Two policies of the Obama administration illustrate an axiom: As government expands,


Watching Top 5 and Texas gas

Opinion: Monday will be the second offering of a new feature we debuted last Monday — The Top 5 Most Wanted.


No reason for Gains to celebrate

Opinion: It isn’t just the sliver of his margin of victory in Tuesday’s Democratic primary that should keep


SCOPE is as open as it has to be

Opinion: SCOPE is as open as it has to be The front page article, “SCOPE’s business is none of your


A week devoted to sunshine

Editorial: A week devoted to sunshine Today is the beginning of day- light-saving time, that day on which we