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Banker who gets it

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Populist banker. Now those are two words you rarely see linked


Ohioans get bad rap from Kasich

Opinion: Ohioans get bad rap from Kasich Ohio GOP considers tax breaks for businesses despite $8B deficit,


It’s bad policy to blur the lines between religion and politics

Editorial: Across the country, Legislatures made up primarily of men are working with renewed enthusiasm and


A burr under our saddle

Opinion: WASHINGTON America is a creedal nation and the creed is, as Robert Penn Warren wrote, the “burr


Rewarding polluters

Opinion: Rewarding polluters Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette: Big polluters are receiving billions of dollars in


Opinions are like Big Macs

Opinion: By Stephen Randall Los Angeles Times You think too much. And you’re not alone. Everybody’s


Taking a gamble on the Valley?

Opinion: Through the process of elimination, it can speculated that Rock Ohio Caesars would be a major


New Middletown vote has greater potential

Opinion: New Middletown officials announced two weeks back that they are going to the polls with a special


What we buy makes a difference

Opinion: What we buy makes a difference Recently I went shopping for a few items that I needed. Included


Stories on group homes spotlight need for society to do better

Opinion: The stories by Dan Pompi- li concerning the past and present problems at the House of Hope (formerly


Making a smart college buy

Opinion: By Claudia Dreifus and Andrew Hacker Free Lance-Star NEW YORK As Andrew Hacker and I began


If you aren’t a goose, don’t honk

Editorial: If you aren’t a goose, don’t honk Members of the senior class of 2011 at Hubbard High School


Will the lower court system in Mahoning County change?

Editorial: While the final version of the Mahoning County Court Consolidation Study won’t be ready for at least


Public uprising in Tunisia puts Arab leaders on alert

Editorial: In the past week, there have been major developments in the arab world that are deserving of


Fighting the proposed ban

Opinion: Newark Star-Ledger: Newport-brand cigarettes have a long-standing, deep-rooted tradition of sleaze.