Opinion and Editorial

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Iran’s collapse may not be far off

Opinion: I felt a sense of deja vu as I watched televised scenes of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad


For caregivers, $75 a day matters

Opinion: In the congressional debate over the CLASS Act — the proposed national long-term care insurance


Don’t judge a woman who tried to help more than most

Opinion: Don’t judge a woman who tried to help more than most EDITOR: During my years as a working


A Greek tragedy, Act 1

Opinion: A Greek tragedy, Act 1 Chicago Tribune: Europe scrambled last week to save Greece, which will soon


Business traditions hurting Japan

Opinion: Thirty years ago, when Harvard East Asia specialist Ezra Vogel wrote his seminal book, “Japan as


Air travel can be made safer

Opinion: President Obama has the chance to give new meaning to the phrase “carry-on” as it applies to air


Chile’s new head touts democracy

Opinion: Chile’s president-elect Sebastian Pinera, the right-of-center billionaire who is scheduled to chair


U.S. should maintain relations with Ukraine

Opinion: Kansas City Star: Ukraine’s Orange Revolution looks to be dying in the same manner in which it was


Biden plagiarizes Bush’s war strategy

Opinion: Plagiarism, as defined by dictionary.com, is “the unauthorized use or close imitation of the


State study of student busing in Youngstown averts a battle

Editorial: Had Ohio Department of Education officials not stepped in, the war of words, and perhaps legal


Will misreads California

Opinion: Will misreads California EDITOR: In his analysis of the Republican primary field in


Who said it?

Opinion: “Haiti needs help, we had a catastrophe. I don’t see why they should go.” Rooster trainer Watson


A US attack on Iran would backfire

Opinion: Sarah Palin has suggested that President Obama could improve his re-election prospects by declaring


Stable marketplace needed for renewal energy companies to thrive

Opinion: Of the 10 largest wind power companies in the world, the United States has one — General Electric.


Gimme the money, but let’s not talk about it

Editorial: Gimme the money, but let’s not talk about it It’s a marvelous thing to hear all those