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Mexican immigrants in U.S. aren’t going home

Opinion: Mexico’s violent drug war may be pushing Mexican immigrants and their families to put down deep


Health-care reform gets new life or dies Thursday

Editorial: Health-care reform gets new life or dies Thursday Six hours is not a very long time in which to


Israel caught up in a whodunit

Opinion: No fiction writer or Hollywood director could have topped the events that unfolded in the Emirate of


Economic woes trigger the blame game

Opinion: During bad times, the blame game is the biggest game in Washington. Wall Street “greed” or


Resistance to antibiotics is cause for concern

Opinion: As a physician who treats children with infectious diseases, I’m reminded every day that one of the


Stunning 9/11 photos

Opinion: The Staten Island (N.Y.) Advance: We all have images of 9/11 burned into our brains. Some of us more


Sucker-punching attorneys deserve to be knocked out

Opinion: Sucker-punching attorneys deserve to be knocked out EDITOR: I’m writing in regard to the


Clear message essential on renewal of sales tax

Editorial: It would be a terrible thing if a word, “continuation,” results in the defeat of an existing half-


Let the states reform health care

Opinion: The vast majority of Americans want health-care reform. They just don’t want the monstrous


Dems can take reconciliation route

Opinion: President Obama’s renewed effort to revive health-care-reform legislation by calling for a


Hubris behind Brazil’s ties with Iran

Opinion: Brazil’s key diplomatic support of Iran’s increasingly isolated regime is baffling the international


U.S. agriculture in competitive struggle

Opinion: GALESBURG, Ill. — Today’s doom and gloom headlines often make us forget the amazing advances our


The Great Lakes are a vital, irreplaceable resource

Editorial: The Great Lakes are a vital, irreplaceable resource This was a good weekend for Lake Erie. For all


Debt could stunt U.S. economic growth

Opinion: WASHINGTON — Greece wobbles with debt. U.S. stock markets swoon. European commenters mutter about


Recent success could be a sign of things to come

Opinion: Recent success could be a sign of things to come EDITOR: Hooray for the Mahoning Valley. The