Opinion and Editorial

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Founders were a liberal bunch

Opinion: Founders were a liberal bunch Much has been said about what the intent of the Founding Fathers


Oakhill case opens this week — at last

Opinion: Many things have been in full swing since about Labor Day. Football, school, “The Apprentice”


Shed a tear for YSU employees

Opinion: “Just when I thought that I was out, they pull me back in.” — Michael Corleone, in “The


Barnum never saw a mutt he couldn’t improve with a designer label

Opinion: Is this a great country, or what? Times change, but ”caveat emptor” remains the same — let the


No mincing words

Opinion: COLUMBUS I’m still not sure whether to scoff at or cheer for outgoing state Rep. Steve Dyer. The


Hands off the Ohio Turnpike

Editorial: Hands off the Ohio Turnpike The question of privatizing the Ohio Turnpike wasn’t even an issue in


Search for new police chief in Y’town should begin now

Editorial: Youngstown’s top law enforce- ment officer, Jimmy Hughes, stands to pocket a half-million dollars


Britain’s hands are not clean in release of Libyan murderer

Editorial: Now we know why British Prime Minister David Cameron refused to order a new investigation into the


Pensions still a heavy burden

Opinion: Belleville (Ill.) News Democrat: State lawmakers have agreed to slim down pensions for future police


What’s this talk about tax cuts?

Opinion: By Dennis J. VENTRY Los Angeles Times Over the first 18 months of his presidency, Barack Obama


Greenford congregation knew what it was doing in leaving ELCA

Opinion: Greenford congregation knew what it was doing in leaving ELCA I am the pastor of Greenford


A special woman has died

Opinion: By Rob Christensen McClatchy Newspapers A little over a decade ago, Elizabeth Edwards was a


Must-see TV in courtroom

Opinion: There are ample reasons to be skeptical about the desirability of cameras in the courtroom, most of


Iranian unrest is good news

Opinion: As President Obama looks at the landscape of international challenges surrounding him, he may take


Unhappy Dems must see tax deal as a do-or-die proposition

Editorial: House Democrats threw some- thing of a tantrum Thursday morning, voicing their disapproval of a