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Cities need helping hand in battling housing blight

Editorial: How difficult is it for older communities like Youngstown to address the seemingly intractable


Politicians aren’t worried about us

Opinion: Politicians aren’t worried about us The Republican Party has once again proven itself to be


It’s a golden tradeoff for SS

Opinion: By Gerald E. SCORSE Los Angeles Times If raising the retirement age can save Social Security,


Here’s a snapshot of our times

Opinion: LOS ANGELES Shawn Nee, 35, works in television but hopes to publish a book of photographs. Shane


Let us inject facts into ‘Seismicity’

Opinion: For nearly 40 years now, the state of Ohio has relied upon federally regulated underground injection


Avoid Medicaid cuts

Opinion: The Post-Crescent, Appleton, Wis.: The Medicaid picture in Wisconsin seems to be improving in light


Coping with a skills shortage

Opinion: Coping with a skills shortage Akron Beacon Journal: As the economy continues its slow recovery, a


Cold-blooded killer gets warm welcome from federal court

Editorial: Today is the day Charles Lor- raine should have died. Instead it is just one more day in the 9,388


Romney’s priorities are all wrong

Opinion: WASHINGTON “I’m concerned about the poor in this country,” Mitt Romney said the other day. “We


US needs to talk to Iran

Opinion: Last week, the Obama administration warned Iran that it would cross a “red line” if it closed the


Clean up the fracking waste

Opinion: Clean up the fracking waste With valid reason our community is voicing concern about injection


Will Court redefine decency?

Opinion: The late, profane iconoclast George Carlin must have been rolling in his grave last Tuesday — with


Looking down a safer road

Opinion: Lincoln(Neb.) Journal Star: The progress made in making Nebraska’s roads safer is nothing short of


Explaining ‘disparities’

Opinion: With all the talk about ”disparities” in innumerable contexts, there is one very important disparity


No hiding from horrors of war

Opinion: No hiding from horrors of war The Associated Press arti- cle in the Jan. 14 Vindicator was worth