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GOP lawmakers should heed Ohio Secretary of State Husted

Editorial: Last month, in the midst of heated debate over the election reform package being rammed through the


Governor John Kasich lashes out at critics

Opinion: COLUMBUS Gov. John Kasich is fuming at some of his detractors — the ones filing lawsuits and

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End of American optimism

Opinion: It’s sometimes useful to see ourselves as others do, and reports in a couple of English-speaking


Parade in Austintown was so sweet

Opinion: I was standing next to a guy with a beagle waiting for the Austintown Fourth of July Parade to


Texas pat-down bill dies

Opinion: El Paso Times: Disappointed. That’s the feeling of many after the 82nd Texas Legislature adjourned


YSU police chief deserves no raise

Opinion: YSU police chief deserves no raise As a student of Youngstown State University, I personally have


Questions remain even as MYCAP sets a new course

Editorial: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Niles, D-17th, met recently with


Supreme Court shuns justice

Opinion: By Erwin Chemerinsky Los Angeles Times Has the Supreme Court lost faith in the American court


A power failure in Iran

Opinion: Of all the series of unexpected, transformative, events unfolding in the Middle East, one of the


Quite a decision

Opinion: Quite a decision Akron Beacon Journal: The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati last


God gets the last word

Opinion: God gets the last word This letter is in response to an opinion piece written by seminarian


Warming up for ‘Alibi Ike’

Opinion: “If he popped up in the pinch he should of made a base hit and the reason he didn’t was so-and-so.


Texas has become nation’s job engine

Opinion: By Rick Wartzman Los Angeles Times For the last few weeks, I’ve been unable to get a startling


Anthony acquittal surprised most people, but it’s history

Editorial: The Casey Anthony trial will go down in judicial history as a case of tragic overreaching by a


Tough slog toward election

Opinion: By Dick Polman McClatchy-Tribune When President Obama remarked at his news conference Wednesday