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Dems agenda is dead

Opinion: It will take a while for the Democrats to sort out what happened to them in Massachusetts. Some


Withdrawal at what cost?

Opinion: Kansas City Star: This has been another bad week in Baghdad. Four large bomb attacks within two days


It’s time to hit terror’s shining symbol

Opinion: When the World Food Program suspended operations in south Somalia this month because Islamic


Green has him seeing red

Opinion: Green has him seeing red EDITOR: Recently it has been reported that Congressman Ryan has


Campaign financing decision is assault on democracy

Opinion: Corporations are about to suck all of the air out of American democracy, and they will do it with


Embattled President Obama is not throwing in the towel

Editorial: President Barack Obama went before the American people Wednesday night and assured them that he gets


Democrats not only ones facing choices

Opinion: Barack Obama took a Bush-like thumpin’ in Massachusetts, no doubt about that. And he brought it upon


Strickland, Fisher go to bat for the Valley

Opinion: Add Gov. Ted Strickland and Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher to the list of those urging a federal agency to help the Mahoning Valley after a $32.4 million housing proposal for the area was rejected. The two Democrats sent a letter to Shaun Donovan, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, expressing disappointment that the nine community Valley application will not receive any funding underthe Neighborhood Stabilization Program II.


BETTER LATE THAN NEVER: After the State of the Union address by the president, the staffs of various

Opinion: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER: After the State of the Union address by the president, the staffs of various


Strickland, Fisher go to bat for the Valley

Opinion: Add Gov. Ted Strickland and Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher to the list of those urging a federal agency to help


Boost school lunch program

Opinion: San Jose Mercury News: Americans are such fatheads when it comes to managing their children’s diets.


City should know clear roads are a quality of life issue

Opinion: City should know clear roads are a quality of life issue EDITOR: The recent small snow


Is GOP poised to take back the House?

Opinion: If you live long enough in Washing-ton you’ll learn there is literally nothing new under the sun.


Reality in U.S. politics shifts into overdrive

Opinion: All last week, commentators recounted the dramatic swing in the national mood between this January


Political speech is a right, not a privilege

Opinion: WASHINGTON — Last week’s Supreme Court decision that substantially deregulates political speech has