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Afghanistan pistachio trees fall

Opinion: By MOHAMMAD SHAHPUR SABER Institute for War & Peace Reporting BADGHIS, Afghanistan — Mullah


Sympathy points for governor

Opinion: COLUMBUS — Get past the politics of the ongoing drama over prison inmates working at the governor’s


Best US presidents: FDR, Truman

Opinion: My two most admired U.S. presidents during my octogenarian lifetime were Franklin D. Roosevelt and


Retreat from high joblessness remains tough job in the Valley

Editorial: Encouraging economic news on a battery of fronts in recent days gives the appearance that Ohio and


Recalling pet-food contamination, Youngstown veterinarian worries about human food from China

Opinion: Recalling pet-food contamination, Youngstown veterinarian worries about human food from China Last


US Senate race is spinning out of control

Opinion: Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, didn’t make it last week to President


Fill in the blanks, Joe

Opinion: Fill in the blanks, Joe Philadelphia Inquirer: Democratic Senate nominee Joe Sestak went a long


Washington overreacts with aplomb

Opinion: Washington’s punditocracy loves to overreact. And it’s doing so again. When Republican Scott Brown


Wanted: some straight talk

Opinion: By E. THOMAS McCLANAHAN McClatchy Newspapers Attorney General Eric Holder was having a bad day.


Jury is still out on who was right or wrong about Oakhill

Editorial: It still sticks in the craw of two present county officials and a former official that a majority on


North Korea scares everyone

Opinion: North Korea scares everyone Seattle Times: North Korea has so little in the way of an economy or


Saturation patrols take place on all sides of town

Opinion: Traffic patrols were everywhere I beg to differ with the man who wrote about the stepped-up


Blinders in the Arctic

Opinion: By BUCK PARKER McClatchy-Tribune It’s hard to fathom how this could happen, but the Interior


Taking politics to the web

Opinion: Hillary Clinton did it and it worked for her when she ran for the Senate in New York, so now


Future of energy isn’t in the wind

Opinion: By BEN LIEBERMAN Heritage Foundation Think Washington can’t get any more out of touch? Well,