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Things are getting bad

Opinion: Things are getting bad EDITOR: Our beloved country is near a catastrophe that I’m not sure can


Will legislative game-playing continue?

Opinion: COLUMBUS — A strange and unusual thing happened in Gov. Ted Strickland’s office last week. The


Iran’s dictators make Shah look like a benevolent despot

Editorial: Iran’s dictators make Shah look like a benevolent despot It is hard to miss the irony of the son


Jihadism, Cold War are quite similar

Opinion: As we sort through the implications of Umar Farouk Abdulmultallab’s alleged attempt to incinerate a


The unbending China

The unbending China Los Angeles Times: A Beijing court last week convicted activist Liu Xiaobo of


Conservative group targets the Bible

Opinion: INDIANAPOLIS — The Bible, it turns out, is too liberal. At least the Conservative Bible Project


Resolve to better yourself this year

Opinion: A new year is here, and many of you again have taken the time to make out your personal resolutions


It’s time to take in some oxygen

Opinion: BOSTON — There is something fitting about writing my last column on the first day of a new year.


Congress must tell truth

Opinion: No one I know makes New Year’s resolutions anymore. In part this may be because the resolutions


Will moving Gitmo detainees to U.S. make us safer?

Opinion: The woman was sincere. And completely wrong. She was among the dozens of protesters outside a


2010: A year of promise, challenges in the Valley

Editorial: When the Chevrolet Cruze rolls off the assembly line in General Motors’ Lordstown plant later this


Changing demographics affected decade

Opinion: For many Americans, the decade we are closing began on Sept. 11, 2001, not Jan. 1, 2000. And why


2009: A year full of challenges for Obama

Opinion: Barack Obama arrived at the White House with a daunting to-do list. He promised to save the


U.S. Sen. Burr misfires

Chicago Tribune: If the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs determines that a military veteran is


2009: A year of war and progress

Opinion: The United States spent 2009 at war again — with its own troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and as a