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‘Extreme’ Democrats will pay the price in November

Opinion: By E. THOMAS McCLANAHAN McClatchy Newspapers Democrats head into the midterm elections facing a


An insight into Iraq’s future

Opinion: Salam is free. My Iraqi driver, unjustly imprisoned for nearly two years because he helped U.S.


Wild animals are a danger to amateur handlers and public

Editorial: A lion-tamer who worked with ex- otic animals in a magic act for 40 years was mauled by a tiger on a


Strong-arming Armstrong

Opinion: I take exception to attempts to villainize Armstrong Cable in the flap between Armstrong and the Big Ten.


Plenty of corn for everyone

Opinion: Watertown (South Dakota) Public Opinion: The truth of ethanol is there for all to see Reports of


Mideast talks are pointless

Opinion: “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Never has George Santayana’s oft-


Spending on high court races forced into the public spotlight

Editorial: Perhaps it was the foreword writ- ten by retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor that


Ignore fear-mongering on Social Security

Opinion: By Peter Dreier and Donald Cohen Los Angeles Times Alf Landon, the Kansas governor running as


Straight talk on Taiwan

Opinion: By Joseph A. BOSCO Los Angeles Times In August 1995 and March 1996, China fired missiles across


A summer of learning

Opinion: A summer of learning As summer comes to an end and school comes to a beginning, I learned a lot


We could use a flower lady

Opinion: We could use a flower lady Just a short note recognizing the Mary Haith Savage article in the Our


MoveOn.org’s distasteful move

Opinion: MoveOn.org’s distasteful move Los Angeles Times: We’d really like to like MoveOn.org, the


Israel faces a stark reality

Opinion: JERUSALEM ‘Twas a famous victory for diplomacy when, in 1991 in Madrid, Israelis and Palestinians,


Mideast peace remains elusive, but every president must try

Editorial: Forty years ago today an Asso- ciated Press story reported that, “U.S. Sen. J. William Fulbright


Change — for the worse — in America began years ago

Opinion: How did we get to the point where many people feel that the America they have known is being