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Parents riled up over ruling

Opinion: You’ve gotta love Justice Antonin Scalia when he gets on a First Amendment roll. Writing the

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Politics not based on reality

Opinion: It is hard to understand politics if you are hung up on reality. Politicians leave reality to


The Summer Festival is YSU’s thriving artistic tradition

Editorial: It is difficult to count the ways in which Youngstown State University contributes to the betterment


Don’t play with debt ceiling

Opinion: Don’t play with debt ceiling Miami Herald: With the deadline for raising the debt ceiling just one


U.S. has a legacy of compromise

Opinion: Since moving to Philadelphia, I’ve often visited the room in Independence Hall where the Founding


Some Social Security questions

Opinion: Some Social Security questions We are being bombarded every day in every news media outlet about


Several cities among the best

Opinion: The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Looking for one of the best places in the country to find a job when


Guarding against voter fraud

Opinion: Guarding against voter fraud Is it goofy to think that buy- ing a handgun by showing a utility


Burning down the house

Opinion: “The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.” — Emerson


Flat tax is ideal for America

Opinion: By Peter Rush McClatchy-Tribune NEW YORK Having celebrated our independence yesterday, it’s


Borrow, spend the GOP way

Opinion: By Mike Lofgren Los Angeles Times President Obama’s fiscal policies are a mess. Whatever one


Arrest warrant for Gadhafi deserves to be taken seriously

Editorial: In issuing the arrest warrant for Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi, the International Criminal Court


It’s about global competition

Opinion: By William F. SHUGHART II McClatchy-Tribune LOGAN, Utah Over the past decade or so, China’s


Is America’s foundation Christian?

Opinion: By Thomas S. KIDD Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, Va.) WACO, Texas Was America founded as a


Keep children safe

Opinion: By Juleyka Lantigua-Williams McClatchy-Tribune Keeping our children safe is the top priority for