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Opinion and Editorial
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BRITAIN
Opinion: BRITAIN The Telegraph, London, Jan. 19: The hopes invested in Barack Obama at his inauguration
Conservatives now embrace judicial activism
Opinion: The Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision holding that corporations and unions can spend unlimited amounts of
Attention shifts from rescuing to rebuilding
Opinion: Attention shifts from rescuing to rebuilding It has been nearly two weeks since a magnitude-7.0
Justice vs. human rights
Opinion: Justice vs. human rights Los Angeles Times: Just weeks ago, Colombian human rights activist
Obama’s one-year report card: B —
Opinion: As the Obama administration enters its second year, evaluations range from the extremely positive to
Attention shifts from rescuing to rebuilding
Editorial: It has been nearly two weeks since a magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck Haiti and there have been more than 50 aftershocks since. But the waves that shock the human consciousness con- tinue as news spreads from Haiti.
Since when is bribery OK?
Opinion: Every time I read the paper, I read ofsome so-called educated idiot that you give a large piece of print to and what they are saying just don’t make any sense whatsoever.
Let’s look at who failed
Opinion: I read, with awed disbelief, then with hilarity, “Democrats fail the Valley,” the Jan. 18 letter regarding political affiliations and their effect on the Mahoning Valley. A common sense look and reflection on the past 40 years of Republican accomplishments yields a dire need to respond.
Ohio’s Democrats need a gimmick
Opinion: A week ago, John Kasich, the expected Republican nominee for Ohio governor, appeared nutty when he
For the love of Luke, baseball needs to wake up
Opinion: Like many couples, Chad and Nicole Holko had to wait a little longer to finally have their first
After 60 years, a picture comes to life
Opinion: I loved this photograph the first time I came across it while combing through The Vindicator’s
Excuses don’t make the grade
Opinion: Excuses don’t make the grade Imagine you had a child who took a test that was scored by two
Youngstown, Warren schools can’t afford to skip the ‘race’
Opinion: President Barack Obama’s intention to seek $1.3 billion in this year’s federal budget to continue
Excuses don't make the grade
Editorial: Imagine you had a child who took a test that was scored by two teachers, one of whom gave it a low F and one a high F. Would you accept the child’s complaint that the grade was suspect be- cause the teachers were so far apart?
Youngstown, Warren schools can’t afford to skip the ‘race’
Editorial: President Barack Obama’s intention to seek $1.3 billion in this year’s federal budget to con- tinue the “Race to the Top,” a program designed to improve academic achievement in schools throughout the country, prompts this question: Will the Youngstown and Warren school dis- tricts, which are in academic emergency and ac- ademic watch, respectively, make a concerted bid for the grant money?