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Intellectuals to blame for world’s woes

Opinion: There has probably never been an era in history when intellectuals have played a larger role in


Changing city law will be easier than complying with federal employment law

Editorial: Changing city law will be easier than complying with federal employment law Youngstown City


We should do as Israelis do: Think

Opinion: The more we learn about the almost successful effort to blow up a U.S.-bound airplane on Christmas


Lost: fiscal discipline

Lost: fiscal discipline Chicago Tribune: Decades or centuries from now, scholars will examine U.S.


Leave job creation to entrepreneurs

Opinion: Politicians in Washington are talking a lot about creating jobs. Their dark secret is that none of


A crime that feeds on fear

The (Ft. Myers) News-Press: Batterers deserve stiff penalties for perpetrating domestic violence — a


Would Obama approve paying for abortions with tax money?

Opinion: Would Obama approve paying for abortions with tax money? EDITOR: Would our President sign into


There’s a health care plan that would work, given a try

Opinion: There’s a health care plan that would work, given a try EDITOR: There has been much said about


Youngstown’s ’09 crime stats cause for optimism this year

Editorial: Although the city of Youngstown began the new year with two violence-related deaths — one a


A war by any other name

Opinion: Suppose Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, the Christmas Day underwear bomber, had succeeded and blown up


Last 10 years were the worst of times

Opinion: Looking back over the last 10 years, it’s hard not to feel as W.H. Auden did one dreary September


Foiled airline bombing puts focus on Yemen

Opinion: One of the consequences of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s failed attempt to kill himself and everyone


Israel not to blame for Gazans’ suffering

Opinion: WASHINGTON — While Palestinian Christians in the West Bank celebrated Christmas in Bethlehem,


Obama should let free market work its magic

Opinion: WASHINGTON — If President Obama wants a sustained economic recovery, he needs to help unleash


Only In the Mahoning Valley

Opinion: Only In the Mahoning Valley In just about any other region of the country, the decision by