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Throw the rascals out

Opinion: Throw the rascals out EDITOR: Our pending demise as a world leader was summed up quite well when


As the Earth turns

Opinion: As the Earth turns EDITOR: I do not need a lecture on global warming. I have seen Lake Erie.


Idealism vs. reality

Idealism vs. reality Plain Dealer: President Barack Obama’s speech in Oslo Thursday may not have


For Chavez, money no longer buys love

Opinion: Venezuela’s narcissist-Leninist President Hugo Chavez is not getting his money’s worth for the


Trouble at TSA

Washington Post: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is the federal agency that


‘Climategate’ undermines climate confab

Opinion: Is it a good thing that delegates from the United States and 191 other countries have convened a


Mahoning County taxpayers get attention of government

Editorial: The budget hearings being conducted by Mahoning County commissioners are shaping up to be exactly


Evidence of global warming is solid

Opinion: It wasn’t very long ago that a dinner party guest who wanted to spare the hostess any embarrassing


There are standards for living an ordered life

Opinion: Early in my column-writing career I took note of comments by the singer Madonna. A skin magazine had


Lower health care costs through better living

Opinion: Lower health care costs through better living EDITOR: One of the quickest ways to keep health


The spirit of Christmas is more than mere words

Opinion: The spirit of Christmas is more than mere words EDITOR: I read about the good Christian ladies


It’s time for both parties to see debt for what it is — bad

Editorial: It’s time for both parties to see debt for what it is — bad Debt, it seems, is politically


Massacre in Philippines merits attention

Opinion: MANILA, Philippines — There’s a tendency for eyes to glaze over when reports of violence in the


JAPAN

JAPAN Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo, Dec. 5: Iran, which is suspected of developing nuclear weapons,


Face to face with a shelf of Zhu Zhus

Opinion: WASHINGTON — What am I: visionary or sucker? I’ll get my answer on Christmas morning, I’m sure.