Opinion and Editorial

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Bottling Local Flavors

Opinion: Canfield family has a taste for making salad dressing When Canfield’s Bob Severino bumps into


Dear public employees: Be afraid

Opinion: It was a verbal shot heard round the state of Ohio: “Please leave the cynicism and political


A case of selective inflation

Opinion: A case of selective inflation Has inflation hit the Ma- honing County prosecutor and Children


Gains’ budget demand shows myopia of some officeholders

Editorial: What part of economic reces sion doesn’t Mahoning County Prosecutor Paul Gains — and other


Rebuild our infrastructure

Opinion: “If the government wants to lower health care costs, their first priority should have been


Cruze sales are just right

Editorial: Cruze sales are just right The Chevrolet Cruze isn’t exactly selling like hotcakes, and that’s a


Will lawmakers take a cut?

Opinion: COLUMBUS Voters appear to be pretty short on patience at the moment for fat cat politicians. And


Going by the books

Opinion: Going by the books The Journal, Martinsburg, W.Va.: Told, in effect, they could spend $36 million


Politics, patriotism are separate

Opinion: Phew! The midterms are history. Out of all the election coverage last week, the quote that stuck


A little bipartisanship would help during lame duck session

Editorial: Could it be that President Ba- rack Obama’s unlikely new best friend in the lame duck session of


Young people reject religion

Opinion: By Robert D. PUTNAM and DAVID E. CAMPBELL Los Angeles Times The most rapidly growing religious


Smile, or maybe not

Opinion: Smile, or maybe not Lima News: The Ohio Office of Homeland Security plans to link thousands of


GOP to control redistricting

Opinion: The Republican sweep in last week’s statewide election was so overwhelming that Democrats shouldn’t


Energy producers work for you

Opinion: Energy producers work for you A Nov. 9 letter (The siren song of big oil)offers outrageous


Beware imperial presidency

Opinion: By Bruce Ackerman Los Angeles Times It’s easy to suppose that the Republican wave will put