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Is bigger really better?

Opinion: Is bigger really better? For years we have heard “Big- ger is better.” I think as independent


Columbiana County officials pushing renewal of sales tax

Editorial: There’s nothing like rejection to get the juices flowing — as the commissioners in Columbiana


Mrs. Obama serves as filter

Opinion: When Michelle Obama told Mike Huckabee a few weeks ago in an interview on Fox News Channel that her


Handle Iraq with care

Opinion: By E. THOMAS McCLANAHAN McClatchy Newspapers The recent Iraqi election triggered an amazing


Generous dose of caution

Opinion: WASHINGTON The conventions of political pontification do not allow for admissions of uncertainty


Health-care reform helps, but is only first step

Opinion: By ROBERT HOLLISTER Los Angeles Times In April 2006, on a beautiful spring day, I was diagnosed


Accelerate the scanners

Opinion: Accelerate the scanners Columbus Dispatch: Full-body scanners at airports will take some getting


Mahoning County should cut elsewhere, not sheriff’s department

Opinion: Mahoning County should cut elsewhere, not sheriff’s department As things in Mahoning County start


Obama has transformed nothing

Opinion: WASHINGTON Barack Obama hopes his famous health care victory will mark him as a transformative


Health plan brings fairness

Opinion: “I’ll have what she’s having.” Moviegoers no doubt remember that famous line from “When Harry Met


Bank bailouts trigger anger

Opinion: The people of Iceland have just shouted a message that demands close attention from the rest of the


Overdue health reform receives overwrought response in D.C.

Editorial: President Barack Obama signed into law a historic revision of health-care policy Tuesday, but it is


What’s good for one is good for all

Opinion: What’s good for one is good for all I believe a 28th Amendment to the Constitution should read as


Cuba’s brutality

Opinion: Miami Herald: In a democracy, people can disagree. They can march to protest their government, they


Insurance companies’ profits, pay and rates powered reform

Opinion: By KATHLEEN SEBELIUS Vindicator Earlier this month, families opened their mail to another stark