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Obama’s troop pullout plan serves notice to the Afghans

Editorial: Obama’s troop pullout plan serves notice to the Afghans President Barack Obama’s 92-day review of


Prediction: This will not end well

Opinion: WASHINGTON — A traveler asks a farmer how to get to a particular village. The farmer replies, “If I


Time to rethink foreign policy moves

Opinion: As many had predicted, the election of Barack Obama triggered a surge of goodwill for the United


Obama’s strategy tells world principles matter

Opinion: WASHINGTON — Critics on the left and the right have skewered President Obama for his speech laying


What is your ‘fair share’ of someone else’s pay?

Opinion: Random thoughts on the passing scene: Sometimes we seem like people on a pleasure boat drifting


Straw men and opportunists threaten health-care reform

Editorial: Straw men and opportunists threaten health-care reform It’s always easier to do nothing. And


Students’ lack of critical thinking is troubling

Opinion: I was sure I’d heard the high school teacher wrong. He told me the biggest problem he has with his


Anti-smoking money pilfered

Anti-smoking money pilfered Dayton Daily News: In the past decade, Ohio has fumbled away a


Obama picks best of all bad options

Opinion: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — All our options in Afghanistan look dicey, but after three weeks in


Obama on wrong road in Afghanistan

Opinion: Sounding a bit like John Kerry during the 2004 election campaign, President Barack Obama plans to


It’s time to wake up

Opinion: It’s time to wake up EDITOR: The problem with America and the world is the selfishness and greed


We can’t make it all

Opinion: We can’t make it all EDITOR: While correctly addressing common economic fallacies regarding


Trying juveniles as adults

Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale: Florida is ground zero for a question that the U.S. Supreme Court is


American dollars aiding Taliban

Opinion: Everyone concerned with Afghanistan is focused on President Obama’s troop deployment decision. So


White House gate crashers must not get a tap on wrist

Editorial: A month after The Boston Globe reported that President Obama has been the target of more threats