Opinion and Editorial

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Ohio Senate should act to approve sexting bill

Editorial: Only those who have been living under a rock for the past decade are likely to find it surprising


Dems have to work hard to grab the House, Senate

Opinion: Dems have to work hard to grab the House, Senate The GOP has become the party of the most


Loaded questions from Trump

Opinion: By Peter Funt Cagle Cartoons Question 1: “Do you believe that the media purposely tries to


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GM workers were warned

Opinion: There are three sentences in a letter David Green, president of United Auto Workers Local 1112 at


Olive Garden and your local school

Opinion: You will not see the company Darden Concepts on any business sign in our community, yet they run


‘Chartergate’ exposes ties between the GOP, industry

Editorial: With each new report of wrongdoing, Ohio’s scandal-ridden charter school system becomes all the


Our ‘America First’ president put America last in Helsinki

Opinion: WASHINGTON America’s child president had a playdate with a KGB alumnus, who surely enjoyed


Elon Musk v. the press

Opinion: By Justin Anderson OtherWords Elon Musk, the eccentric South African billionaire head of Tesla


Students uncover import of city’s ‘hidden treasure’

Editorial: A stately Federal-style residential home on Youngs-town’s West Side finds itself in great company


Small win for gun safety

Editorial: Columbus Dispatch: It shouldn’t be so hard to keep us all a little safer from gun violence. But a


Area Reps. Johnson, Ryan enjoy big advantage in campaign $$$

Opinion: When it comes to congressional campaigns, money isn’t the only thing, but it sure is important.


Tax cuts cost the treasury trillions

Opinion: By Josh Hoxie OtherWords A trillion dollars, a figure with 12 zeros after a one, is by any


1-year-old kids forced to stand trial

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords We Americans believe everyone has a right to have their day in


Trumbull sexism claims justify independent review

Editorial: No workplace in the public or private sector should ever resemble a bullying battlefield or a


When will Dems rise up?

Opinion: By Will Durst Cagle Cartoons You don’t need 20/20 vision to see that the whole world is waiting