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Is Issue 3 good for Ohio?

Opinion: ’Twas the night before Christmas 2009. While America was drinking its Christmas eggnog in familial bliss, Congress foisted a gift onto the country unwanted by 70 percent of Americans. Congress did it in the darkest and coldest of nights while America was distracted with holiday cheer. “The day is for honest men, the night for thieves.”


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Is Issue 3 good for Ohio?

Opinion: Backers of Issue 3 want us to believe that it’s about repealing the so-called “individual mandate” of what they call “Obamacare.” In fact, it isn’t.


Is Kasich worth the $148,165?

Opinion: With the latest public opinion poll showing an increase in support for Ohio’s new collective


GM should reward Lordstown with new version of the Cruze

Editorial: There’s no shortage of politicans waiting to take a bow if General Motors Corp. selects its


Safe, legal and rare

Editorial: Safe, legal and rare We have long subscribed to the belief that abortions in the United States


NEOUCOM’s unique, vital place in medical education is abandoned

Opinion: NEOUCOM’s unique, vital place in medical education is abandoned An essay in laSt Sunday’s Vin-


New district maps won’t end debate

Opinion: COLUMBUS Secretary of State Jon Husted has at least made the effort to prompt lawmakers into


Gov. Haley wrong on drug test information

Opinion: The (Charleston, S.C.) Post and Courier: Gov. Nikki Haley repeatedly got it wrong by saying that


Pakistan should think twice before breaking with the U.S.

Editorial: Tensions between the United States and Pakistan are as high as they’re ever been, but before the


We need a new ‘New Deal’

Opinion: By C. NICOLE MASON McClatchy-Tribune For many, big government is a four-letter word, but


Green jobs in U.S. a fallacy

Opinion: By Ed Feulner Heritage Foundation Think we could use 5 million new jobs right about now? That’s


Conference aims to encourage adoption of black children

Opinion: Over the years, neighborhood churches have served many purposes besides being a house of prayer.


Pact will benefit Big Ag

Opinion: By William A. COLLINS OtherWords You may wonder why President Barack Obama is so intent on


Perry is a Ponzi schemer

Opinion: By Barbara Shelly McClatchy Newspapers Texas Gov. Rick Perry has been making headlines by


Obama’s ‘jive talk’ shows he’s in trouble

Opinion: You know President Obama thinks he is in trouble with his liberal base when he lapses into what used