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High Court without Kennedy will certainly become worse

Opinion: WASHINGTON Hours before Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy announced his retirement, Justice


HomeGoods will be a good citizen

Opinion: Over the past few months, you’ve likely heard that HomeGoods has been coordinating with the village


Crime pays for Vigorito

Opinion: Anthony Vigorito, former plant operations manager of the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District, has a


Strange political bedfellows may benefit GM Lordstown

Editorial: Absent a statement from President Donald J. Trump about General Motors’ decision to build the


Trump keeps setting fires

Opinion: By Jill Richardson OtherWords Over the past few weeks, the news has been wall-to-wall coverage


Republicans get election-year gift

Opinion: WASHINGTON As many conservatives saw it, Justice Anthony Kennedy’s 1988 ascent to the nation’s


Decades of global warming panic

Opinion: This year marks the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the “global warming” (now known as “climate


Pen mightier than shotgun in Capital attack aftermath

Editorial: In solidarity with our colleagues at The Capital Gazette and in memory of the four journalists and


Prosecutors aren’t ready to let Yavorcik walk in Oakhill case

Opinion: In an appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court, prosecutors contend Martin Yavorcik didn’t need to commit a


High Court a slurring mess

Opinion: By Peter Certo OtherWords The Supreme Court is a real piece of work. Over the last few days it’s


Send messages of support for Camp Ravenna project

Editorial: After five long years of detailed study and analysis, the federal government stands poised to


Smartphones roil Supreme Court

Opinion: WASHINGTON Timothy Carpenter’s interest in smartphones has had two unintended consequences. It has


Senate Republicans cave in to payday-lending industry

Editorial: Any way you look at it, the decision by Republican leaders in the Ohio Senate to postpone a vote on


Wage theft on the rise

Opinion: By Sam Pizzigati OtherWords The health of our American economy ultimately rests on a single,


Spineless Congress is broken

Opinion: By Michael Reagan Cagle Cartoons It’s no surprise that Democrats and everyone in the liberal