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What’s it like to watch somebody die?

Opinion: COLUMBUS — I haven’t told my kids about Kenneth Biros yet. I probably will someday, but I keep


Are cost controls in jeopardy?

San Jose Mercury News: The public option in health care reform hasn’t been tossed under the bus


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(ATTN: Editorial Page editors) //Bolivia Banks on Morales// Los Angeles Times This editorial


How committed is Karzai to taking on corruption?

Editorial: It’s either that Afghanistan’s president, Hamid Karzai, doesn’t share the Obama administration’s


Christmas toys, games were homemade

Opinion: The Great Dep-ression was truly a do-it-yourself era. As a youngster of that period, I not only


Human factor is being ignored

Opinion: LONDON — Yes, there is something more foreign than being offered kippered herring for your


Don’t give a pup as a gift this Christmas

Opinion: Who hasn’t had the experience of receiving a Christmas gift that they didn’t really want? An


‘Precious’ is a movie that is worth seeing

Opinion: Please go see “Precious.” It makes you look, up close, at a victim — not only of revolting abuse


U.S. may reassess war on drugs

Opinion: If you had asked me 10 years ago whether the United States would ever change its interdiction-


How to create jobs without really trying

Opinion: In 1952, Shepherd Mead wrote a little book called “How to Succeed in Business Without Really


It doesn’t pay to act as if you’re above the law

Editorial: It doesn’t pay to act as if you’re above the law The arrogance of the Mahoning Valley’s corrupt


Who’s complaining over there?

Opinion: Who’s complaining over there? EDITOR: While we hear a lot of Americans railing about the flaws


There’s something missing

Opinion: There’s something missing EDITOR: If you drive through the main streets of Girard, Niles, Warren


Iranian students stand tough

Iranian students stand tough The Boston Globe: Student protests Monday against the Iranian regime,


Parade back in Youngstown in grand style

Opinion: Readers of my column know how much I love a parade. What’s better than being with the family,