Opinion and Editorial

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Triceratops: Beyond extinct

Opinion: Chicago Tribune: The revisionists have been busy lately, and it’s all bad news. Pluto is not a


Antipathy to Islam increasing

Opinion: It often seems these days as if the United States is reliving many of its most wrenching 19th-


Iraqis frustrated by deadlock

Opinion: By Abeer Mohamed The Institute for War & Peace Reporting BAGHDAD Iraqis are becoming


Celebrities should not detract from crucial war-crimes trial

Editorial: Although the criminal trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor on 11 charges of murder,


State panel overseeing city schools overlooks home-grown assets

Opinion: I should not be surprised at the events surrounding the state Academic Distress Commission’s


Traficant saga continues

Opinion: “The secretary of state has high-paid attorneys. I feel just let them handle it.” That quote came


Virginia typical for Dems

Opinion: APPOMATTOX, Va. The state that best exemplified the national Democratic tide that elected Barack


OPINION: Go-slow approach for Cruze complements GM’s resurgence

Editorial: Momentum continues to mount for General Motors Co. and its hot new Chevrolet Cruze. Just


Don’t be harsh with the innocent babies

Opinion: By Glenn Hutchinson McClatchy-Tribune Some politicians want to start deporting babies. They want


Is it time to legalize drugs?

Opinion: Legalization of drugs — long an issue championed mainly by fringe groups — is rapidly moving to the


Farm runoff is a threat to the Gulf

Opinion: By Jeff Gunderson McClatchy-Tribune Now that the BP oil well has been plugged, it’s more urgent


Just like Martha Stewart, Traficant went to jail unjustly

Opinion: I was sadly disappointed by former Congressman Jim Traficant. Perhaps with proper guidance and


A risky move on taxes

Opinion: The Marietta Times: Had enough TEA? Sometimes used by tea party activists as an acronym for “taxed


Grand bargain for the Bush tax cuts

Opinion: Believe it or not, Congress doesn’t have to get into one of its knockdown, drag-out fights in


Warren’s new bond rating good news in a sea of bad

Editorial: Last fall, we offered the follow- ing observation about the city of Warren’s financial condition: