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We don’t know Tiger, or even ourselves

Opinion: I’m not interested in whether Tiger Woods owes us an explanation beyond what he said Wednesday


BPA should be banned

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration seems paralyzed by the


Ringing in new year right way

Opinion: December contains Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa, and celebrations are set for all of those


China goes after another segment of the pipe market

Editorial: China goes after another segment of the pipe market If the United States had acted more quickly


American delivers clean water to Afghans

Opinion: HERAT, Afghanistan — As the United States struggles to find ways to funnel aid money more


Food-fight arrests? It was kid stuff

Opinion: A recent headline in the New York Times was for me, as John Fogerty sings, like deja vu all over


Obama right, wrong on Afghanistan

Opinion: President Obama should be commended for committing 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan to root


Let bank bailout plan expire

Let bank bailout plan expire Kansas City Star: The Troubled Asset Relief Program, approved during


Tickets for ‘fuzzy dice’

Opinion: Tickets for ‘fuzzy dice’ EDITOR: In the recent election, voters in this area nixed the idea of


Youngstown can’t get respect

Opinion: Youngstown can’t get respect EDITOR: When I was a kid, I remember one of my older cousins


Syracuse’s revival a template for Y’town

Opinion: A guy walks into a bar... I’ve always wanted to tell a story with that opening line so I’m seizing


Let bank bailout plan expire

Opinion: Let bank bailout plan expire Kansas City Star: The Troubled Asset Relief Program, approved during


Let’s lose offensive mascots

Opinion: Let’s lose offensive mascots EDITOR: I wanted to applaud The Vindicator for printing an


Being free includes the freedom to be disagreeable

Opinion: Being free includes the freedom to be disagreeable EDITOR: I knew if I waited long enough


Obama must face the reality of Afghanistan

Opinion: As his address at West Point on Tuesday night suggests, Barack Obama’s presidency is turning out to