Opinion and Editorial

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YSU can’t spin the bad news

Opinion: Perhaps in the rarefied air of academia a decline in enrollment isn’t worth losing sleep over. But


Define ‘entitlement,’ please

Opinion: Define ‘entitlement,’ please I keep on hearing that Social Security and Medicare are entitlement


Liberty rights are at risk

Opinion: The presumption of innocence is one of the most overworked phrases in the criminal justice system.


Youngstown school district seeks input from community

Editorial: With a deadline looming for the recovery plan that’s supposed to pull the Youngstown City School


Land values have risen

Opinion: The Bismarck Tribune: Average North Dakota farmland values, for purposes of taxation, have increased


US should work with Somalia in battling pirates, kidnappers

Editorial: While leaders of pirate gangs in the East African nation of Somalia are warning of dire consequences


Time to give debates a rest

Opinion: By Edward Wasserman McClatchy Newspapers Televised candidate debates have become the marquee


GOPers have edge in money

Opinion: COLUMBUS Like it or not, money is often the key to victory in political campaigns. We like to


Tuskegee Airmen blazed the trail for black pilots

Opinion: The movie “Red Tails,” the George Lucas-financed film about the triumphs of the Tuskegee Airmen,


In a decade, China’s share of auto-parts market explodes

Editorial: It took far too long for U.S. poli- cy makers to recognize the damage that China’s unfair currency


Latino vote up for grabs

Opinion: A kind word of advice for Republican hopeful Mitt Romney: Don’t read too much into your impressive


When colleges cheat

Opinion: When colleges cheat Los Angeles Times: Society trusts teachers and school administrators to


Money fueling sheriff’s race

Opinion: Jerry Greene, a Democrat running for Mahoning County sheriff, wasted little time raising money for


Buddy Holly’s music lives on

Opinion: By Herb B. BERKOWITZ McClatchy-Tribune The Jan. 20 death of 72-year-old rhythm-and-blues legend


Are college students really learning?

Opinion: By Jonathan Zimmerman Los Angeles Times In his State of the Union address, President Obama