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A mother knows these things

Opinion: By Mary Tillman Los Angeles Times Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal was forced to retire because of


Slow down ratification of arms treaty

Opinion: By Rebeccah Heinrichs Los Angeles Times While the Obama administration trades horses and twists


Netanyahu, Obama are miles apart

Opinion: JERUSALEM Two photographs adorn the office of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Together they


Senate fails small business

Opinion: Dayton Daily News: Partisan bickering in the U.S. Senate about a bill designed to offer help to


Obama plays the race card

Opinion: By Jonathan Bean McClatchy-Tribune The Obama presidency increasingly reminds me of the 1961


US Senate must end stalemate on campaign-finance reform

Editorial: Add needed campaign-finance reform legislation to the laundry list of worthy measures torpedoed by


Mosque not offensive in US

Opinion: Islam, the religion of more than 1.2 billion people around the world, does not frighten me. I also


Blacks worry about health

Opinion: By Lewis W. DIUGUID McClatchy Newspapers It may take an Oprah-like TV personality to get people


Cheering immaturity is just silly

Opinion: A graduating senior at Hunter College High School in New York gave a speech that brought a standing


World court has basic flaw

Opinion: By Simon Jennings The Institute for War & Peace Reporting The recent visit to Chad by Sudanese


Hubbard pool relies on these ladies

Opinion: I read with interest the front-page article in The Vindicator on July 10 about the Hubbard Community


Firm message to China

Opinion: Kansas City Star: One of the first things Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did on assuming office


Meeting of minds necessary for Youngstown city schools

Editorial: While we have consistently and enthusiastically supported the work of the two state commissions that


Re-evaluate Plan Colombia

Opinion: By Milburn Line Los Angeles Times Colombia has inaugurated a newly elected president: the former


Oil disaster in Michigan warrants national attention

Opinion: By Michael Brune and Anne Woiwode Los Angeles Times If the BP blowout in the Gulf of Mexico is