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It is premature to talk about an increase in tuition at YSU

Editorial: Youngstown State University President Cynthia Anderson has ordered an 8.5 percent reduction in the


Thank the turkey handler

Opinion: By David L. OSTENDORF McClatchy-Tribune Before you carve into your Thanksgiving turkey, please


Deficit panel needs a reality check

Opinion: By W. LEE HAMMOND McClatchy-Tribune Deficit reduction is a thankless task, but there must be a


One state is not a solution

Opinion: Moshe Arens, a former Israeli defense minister and ambassador to Washington, is a tough-talking hawk


As state funds dry up, need grows for volunteers for kids

Opinion: Help Ohio’s after-school programs While driving through the Mahoning Valley, I see


Will abortion be an issue?

Opinion: As Democrats continue to sift through the electoral ashes of the midterm meltdown, a number of


North Korea’s artillery attack spotlights its nuclear program

Editorial: North Korea’s bombing Tuesday of the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong undermines the Obama


Has justice been served?

Opinion: The Birmingham (Ala.) News: When an Alabama state trooper shot and killed Jimmie Lee Jackson in


No good foods or bad foods

Opinion: By J. JUSTIN WILSON Center for Consumer Freedom Mark Haub decided he was going on a diet. But


Add another to the endangered list, the blue fin tuna

Opinion: By Rob Kramer McClatchy-Tribune It’s been said that patience is a virtue. But while patience


Don’t misuse ‘rape’

Opinion: By Beatriz Terrazas McClatchy-Tribune Nov. 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of


Patdown flap touches core of freedoms

Opinion: WASHINGTON — Fifty years ago, William F. Buckley wrote a memorable complaint about the fact that


A mom’s maze through ADHD

Opinion: By Katherine Ellison Los Angeles Times Like many parents of a challenging child, I was quietly


Sticking it to the unemployed

Opinion: Los Angeles Times: Washington is poised to stop providing extended unemployment benefits despite the


If not Cornwell, who?

Opinion: If not Cornwell, who? I was living and working on the North Side of Youngstown in June 1996. The