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Opinion

Anonymity isn’t license for free attacks

Speech may be free but defaming an individual — even when the perpetrator is hiding behind the shield ... Read more

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Truth stranger — and funnier — than fiction

It is often said that truth is stranger than fiction, but that may not be a strong enough ... Read more

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Signature edition takes months of focus

It is hard to believe that October is not even here yet but I am already thinking about ... Read more

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9/11 impact reaches middle of ocean

David McCown knew he and his 10-year-old grandson, Kyle, were safe, perhaps the safest two people on the ... Read more

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Labor Day time to be thankful, compassionate

I got the message late Friday evening. Three days before Labor Day, one of my best friends was ... Read more

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Children go to bed hungry here at home

In part because of a concerted media push in the mid-1980s and early 1990s, some powerful images remain ... Read more

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Remembering 9/11 is solemn experience

You can start with the numbers that tell a powerful story in their own right: 9/11/2001. The date ... Read more

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Nation caught in vicious economic cycle

Scanning through national newspaper headlines Friday morning, one in the Washington Post jumped out at me. “Postal Service ... Read more

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‘You know you are from the Tri-State if …’

How would you finish this sentence: “You know you are from the Tri-State if …” For me, there ... Read more

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Media, society magnifying wrong ‘tragedies’

Sometimes, understanding where events fit into this world and how history will remember them takes a little time ... Read more

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Bullying is anything but ‘kids being kids’

Since the dawn of time those who were strong or more powerful preyed upon those who were not. ... Read more

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Businesses need support not legislation

Today’s economic climate poses enough challenges for small businesses that we do not need additional laws that would ... Read more

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Rotary focuses on leadership not age

It wouldn’t exactly be fair or accurate to call T.J. Parnell the new kid on the Ironton Rotary ... Read more

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Can you pass First Amendment test?

Do you know how many and which freedoms are guaranteed in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution? ... Read more

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Mother Nature forces rise in leaders

Lest we, as the human species, ever forget our place in the universe, Mother Nature is quick to ... Read more