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Christmas at the Arms

Opinion: Christmas at the Arms EDITOR: With all the holiday decorations and displays in yards and malls,


Some costs of living rise

Opinion: Some costs of living rise EDITOR: We were notified earlier this year that we would not be


Pavlik’s handlers took Ghost Nation to be dumb

Opinion: The irony is startling. This is my next-to-last column for 2009. While I’m finishing my third year


Coach Wolford’s enthusiasm could be contagious at YSU

Editorial: At a time when Youngstown State University, like other public institutions of higher learning in


Iran thumbs nose at U.S.

Washington Post: Iran’s extremist rulers don’t scruple at persecuting innocent people — particularly


Student loans unaffordable in a recession

Opinion: The government must intervene now to prevent more young people from defaulting on their student


Where is America’s sense of sacrifice?

Opinion: Sometimes it helps to take a step back from the details in policy debates to consider the larger


Newspaper shameless in hiring a hooker

Opinion: BOSTON — Things being what they are, I’m delighted when any newspaper is hiring. And when someone


Look past the deadline

Look past the deadline Star Tribune, Minneapolis: Regardless of which strategic option President


Kill the health-care bill

Opinion: Kill the health-care bill EDITOR: I have always understood that America is the beacon of free


Americans have no grounds to question Italian justice

Opinion: Americans have no grounds to question Italian justice EDITOR: After reading the New York Times


WASHINGTON — By now everyone with an opinion about the viability of President Obama’s

Opinion: WASHINGTON — By now everyone with an opinion about the viability of President Obama’s new strategy


Meet two unsung heroes who risked all

Opinion: In this Christmas season, I want to pay tribute to two unsung heroes who stood up to repressive


New jobs generated by private sector

Opinion: President Barack Obama held a jobs summit recently but made clear that he doesn’t think he can find


FEC rips huge loophole in election reform regs

Opinion: The Federal Election Commission might as well be renamed the Federal Execution Commission, for it