Opinion and Editorial

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Energy reform stalled in Senate

Opinion: Energy reform stalled in Senate This summer, the Senate was expected to debate a comprehensive


Clinton era offers lessons for Obama

Opinion: Sixteen years ago, as the summer of 1994 came to a close, then-President Clinton could see that his


A judge shouldn’t have to define appropriate behavior

Opinion: This letter is in response to the case argued in court last week, the Studers versus the VFW in


Hey, Jimbo, you need to call Blago

Opinion: If, by some occurrence of political madness, the Mahoning Valley’s most famous felon, James A.


A mother’s thanks to the voters

Opinion: A mother’s thanks to the voters My son arrived home from Iraq a couple of weeks ago. This was his


Let’s be honest about taxes

Opinion: WASHINGTON I was pretty tough on House Minority Leader John Boehner in a recent column, and I


Youngstown not among Race to the Top winners

Editorial: Although it was widely known that the school district with the worst academic performance in Ohio


Outside eyes are helpful

Editorial: Outside eyes are helpful Every time an area police depart- ment is forced to investigate the


Rolling dice on the budget

Opinion: COLUMBUS The Ohio Budget Planning Management Commission, the lawmaker panel that is developing


Militants tied to al-Qaida aim to destabilize Somalia

Editorial: A year ago, it seemed that the United States had delivered a crippling blow to terrorists in the


It’s more than a mosque

Opinion: The controversy over a proposed mosque near ground zero in Lower Manhattan preoccupies an increasing


Kids on a plane

Opinion: The Columbus Dispatch: Parents have enough things to worry about. They shouldn’t have to fret about


Republicans need to lower their expectations

Opinion: In 2008, “60 Minutes” visited Denmark to report on a survey of international happiness conducted by


Beginning of new school year offers challenges, possibilities

Editorial: A lot has changed in the 12 years since today’s high school senior was a kindergartner, but one


Positive outcome in the Gulf

Opinion: The greatest offshore oil spill in the history of the country seems under control. The well has