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FCC has no intention of taking over Internet

Opinion: By Tyrone Brown McClatchy-Tribune The fight over open access to the Internet has turned into a


Cool the rhetoric

Opinion: Random thoughts on the passing scene: All sorts of “global warming” advocates have all sorts of


If probation fails the first time, will it work in the second case? Time and J.J. Cafaro will tell

Editorial: Most convicted felons would consider themselves lucky to get probation rather than jail time when


Journalist crossed the line

Opinion: Anti-Semite: “a person who discriminates against or is prejudiced or hostile toward Jews.” Some


Israeli blockade untenable

Opinion: What do you do when an ally keeps digging itself into a hole — and is pulling you in with it? I’m


Sheriff’s deputies should extend wage concessions

Editorial: During the campaign for the renewal of the half-percent sales tax in the May primary election,


Watch that salt

Editorial: The Daily Gazette, Schenectady, N.Y.: One week after the federal Institute of Medicine issued a


Don’t regulate the Internet

Opinion: By Phil Kerpen McClatchy-Tribune In its effort to impose heavy-handed regulations on the


U.S. needs immigrant labor

Opinion: By Winifred Chin McClatchy-Tribune Arizona’s new immigration law is reminiscent of the Chinese


China is enabling N. Korea

Opinion: Over the last several years, China has given North Korean government officials jewels and precious


Israel responds to Gaza’s threats

Opinion: Israel responds to Gaza’s threats The recent shipboard riot on a Gaza-bound flotilla and its


A bailout for teachers is next

Opinion: WASHINGTON Jay Gould, a 19th-century railroad tycoon and unrepentant rapscallion, said he was a


This is not a job for angry daddy

Opinion: WASHINGTON The presidency is not a play in two acts. The disaster in the Gulf is not six


Where’s the drama, Obama?

Opinion: During the 2008 campaign, President Barack Obama justifiably drew praise for his calm and decisive


Failures of MMS to regulate offshore drilling are legion

Editorial: Imagine that the Treasury De- partment, the government entity which has the most to lose if General