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Hope, reality clash over Mideast peace

Opinion: By Sam Bahour Vindicator As a Palestinian-American father of two daughters living in Al-Bireh,


All Israelis desperately want peace

Opinion: By Michael B. OREN Los Angeles Times Imagine that you’re a parent who sends her children off to


Sen. Cornyn stands by electability strategy

Opinion: As the 2010 campaign began to unfold, Sen. John Cornyn explained why he was wooing some moderates in


Putin’s piracy pretense

Opinion: The Providence Journal: It is hardly surprising that in Russia, a crime-ridden country under the


GOP/tea party true radicals

Opinion: In an afterword appended to the White House diaries he published last week, former President Carter


An exemplary officeholder

Opinion: An exemplary officeholder I must comment on the pass- ing Margaret Dennison. She was one of the


Repeal don’t ask, don’t tell

Opinion: Repeal don’t ask, don’t tell Hartford Courant: Failure of Democrats Tuesday to secure the 60 votes


YSU should view elevator safety as a serious campuswide issue

Opinion: YSU should view elevator safety as a serious campuswide issue A Sept. 12 Vindicator article about


In praise of fixing primary elections

Opinion: WASHINGTON Although a Niagara of vitriol is drenching politics, the two parties are acting


The least society can give victims of violence is justice

Editorial: This was started as an editorial about the senseless murder of a hard-working Youngstown real


Confronting China on trade

Opinion: By Peter Navarro Los Angeles Times There is no honor among thieves, and no patriotism among


Mandates mean rising costs

Opinion: By Grace-Marie Turner McClatchy-Tribune ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A battle is breaking out between


Obama pays price of timidity

Opinion: By Bogdan Kipling McClatchy-Tribune WASHINGTON, D.C. — In cobbling together the broad-based


Family, innocence and joy remain alive and well on city’s South Side

Opinion: Recently, a letter was pub- lished from a writer claiming to be among the last generation to truly


OHNO continues Ohio’s pension push

Opinion: It’s not unusual in these tough economic times for hundreds of workers to be lined up at a