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It’s like taking candy from a baby

Opinion: I’m surprised by the number of people who asked me to write this column about the Austintown Fourth


Helping the Haitians

Opinion: Helping the Haitians Philadelphia Inquirer: With so much else on his plate, President Obama can be


Keeping track of phones

Opinion: Keeping track of phones Columbus Dispatch: Fans of 24 and other TV shows and movies centered


A change in Afghan strategy?

Opinion: The Obama administration’s official position on the impact Gen. David H. Petraeus will have on the


Suddenly a glimmer of hope for Middle East peace talks

Editorial: There hasn’t been much good news out of the Middle East of late. But events in Washington this week


An outrage even by Afghan standards

Opinion: By Mohammad Ilyas Dayee Institute for War & Peace Reporting KABUL, Afghanistan The Taliban’s


Pay now or later, it will hurt

Opinion: If we ran our family budgets the way the federal government runs the national budget, we would end


Byrd did change

Opinion: By David Love McClatchy-Tribune When Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., was laid to rest in Columbia


NRC must do the right thing

Opinion: Seattle Times: We ought to be encouraged by a federal legal panel’s decision rejecting the Obama


Same-sex parenting works

Opinion: By Akilah Bolden-Monifa McClatchy-Tribune I’ve always admired the parenting of lesbian moms, so


Heaven and hell of prohibition

Opinion: WASHINGTON The evening of Jan. 16, 1920, hours before Prohibition descended on America, while the


Ryan’s committee assignments continue to benefit this region

Editorial: The $1.15 million that U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan is working to secure for several projects in the Mahoning


Make defense cuts overseas

Opinion: By Benjamin Friedman and Christopher Preble Los Angeles Times Recent reporting has claimed that


Article on Israel-Gaza distorted

Opinion: Article on Israel-Gaza distorted I would like to comment on an op-ed article published on June 12


Airbus: Play by the rules

Opinion: Airbus: Play by the rules Seattle Times: Ten years ago, thousands of people came to Seattle to