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China’s rise is a reminder

Opinion: Kansas City Star: In the 1980s, when pundits mulled the supposed economic threat from Japan, few


Pakistan’s humanitarian crisis could lead to political upheaval

Editorial: For Americans to have a better understanding of what is taking place in Pakistan with the worst


Outsource services to reduce debt

Opinion: BELFAST, Northern Ireland British Prime Minister David Cameron is calling for reinforcements to


Attacks on the media

Opinion: Los Angeles Times: It is a popular conservative myth to suggest that the “mainstream media” is a


What’s this world coming to?

Opinion: What’s this world coming to? We’ve entered a new era of craziness. Here is a wife from the


Prosecutors should keep it simple in retrying Blagojevich

Editorial: It’s impossible to characterize a hung jury on 23 or 24 criminal counts as anything but a


U.S. troops in harm’s way

Opinion: By John B. QUIGLEY McClatchy-Tribune COLUMBUS The July vote in the House of Representatives on


Afghan strategy workable

Opinion: By James Jay Carafano McClatchy-Tribune WASHINGTON The Wikileaks “Afghan War Dairy” documents


Intolerance towards Muslims disturbing

Opinion: By Haris Tarin Los Angeles Times When my parents decided to leave their war-ravaged homeland of


Mosque flap distracts Dems

Opinion: The flap created by President Barack Obama’s comments on the controversial proposal for an Islamic


More autism, growing challenges

Opinion: More autism, growing challenges Iwrite this with great sorrow and a heavy heart. Tragically, a


Iran showing its true colors with imprisonment of hikers

Opinion: Philadelphia Inquirer: Sarah Shourd turned 32 in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison last week. It’s her


Nativism sweeping the US

Opinion: Two millenniums ago, an itinerant young Galilean teacher with a fondness for parables told one of


Muslims should be tolerant

Opinion: After months of dithering by the White House about the “Ground Zero Mosque” in lower Manhattan,


Campbell gets brief reprieve from its financial challenges

Editorial: The agreement reached this week on the city of Campbell’s operating budget means that a year-end