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Absence results an in F, as in ‘you’re fired’

Editorial: Absence results an in F, as in ‘you’re fired’ Many of us can remember how tough it was to crawl


One-vote margin guarantees a recount

Opinion: A single vote is the margin of victory for a seat on the Lowellville school board. John A. Wilaj,


Contract talks in Austintown must face up to fiscal reality

Editorial: The president of the largest bargaining unit in Austintown Township government says the one thing he


Coercion at heart of health reform

Opinion: PHOENIX — In 2006, long before there was an Obama administration determined to impose a command-and-


Poverty and disability are greatly correlated

Opinion: Hard economic times are even harder when you have a disability. But poverty and disability don’t


GOP official off base with GM remarks

Opinion: DETROIT — As if we needed more proof that America’s politics are poisoned beyond belief, now we have


What do Muslims say about terrorist attacks?

Opinion: NEW YORK — What do one billion Muslims really think? Despite widespread media coverage of global


Where are the jobs?

Dallas Morning News: Unemployment is now at 10.2 percent, and if you count the people who have


America’s racial rifts are deep, persistent

Opinion: When Barack Obama was elected president, 70 percent of Americans were convinced that race relations


Megabanks in U.S. are not too big to fail

Opinion: Wall Street is doing to America what private equity firms did to Simmons Bedding and many other


There is a solution to Karzai problem

Opinion: MAIDAN SHAHR, Afghanistan — Is there any way to get around Afghan President Hamid Karzai? This


China gambles, thinking it holds all the cards

Editorial: China gambles, thinking it holds all the cards Anyone who hoped that President Barack Obama’s


Government should not meddle in home buying

Opinion: WASHINGTON — The American dream means different things to different people. For some, it looks like


Obama is bowing to ‘world opinion’

Opinion: In the string of amazing decisions made during the first year of the Obama administration, nothing


A different approach

A different approach Lima News: Recent figures showing unemployment nationally at 10.2 percent