Opinion and Editorial

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U.N. confab offers hope to the poor

Opinion: WASHINGTON — Recovering billions of dollars of assets stolen by corrupt government officials and


Have we gone overboard with diversity?

Opinion: Government and military officials have issued statements since last week’s shooting rampage at Fort


Doing nothing isn’t a valid health-care option

Editorial: Doing nothing isn’t a valid health-care option OK, here’s the plan: Require employers to provide


Medicare works well

Opinion: Medicare works well EDITOR: I have been on Medicare for almost 15 years and have never had a


Of fences and neighbors

Opinion: Of fences and neighbors EDITOR: Werner Lange’s equation of the Berlin Wall with Israel’s anti-


Who is Tom Ganley? He’s spending millions to tell you

Opinion: Those commercials for the casino gambling initiative, Issue 3, that seemed to be on TV every time


Senate should focus on health-care costs

Opinion: As expected, the House took the first swing Saturday at passing a plan to overhaul the nation’s


Warren city workers’ offer on health care a good start

Editorial: When Chuck Eggleston, a Warren firefighter and chairman of an employees’ committee formed to address


Fort Hood killer belongs in Guantanamo Bay

Opinion: Evil rained down on Fort Hood last week. A man wearing the uniform of a patriot and freedom fighter


Castros afraid of the truth

Miami Herald: “Paz y amor.” Peace and love. That was the message that 200 young people chanted in


U.S. has a gold standard on debt

Opinion: WASHINGTON — One of the many television commercials exhorting viewers to buy gold says solemnly that


NGOs in war zones face an increase in violence

Opinion: This fall was not a good time in Afghanistan and Pakistan. On both sides of the border violent


Loss of casino issue in this area was a good thing

Opinion: Loss of casino issue in this area was a good thing EDITOR: Regarding “Casino foes overplay their


Teach sex ed right

Opinion: Teach sex ed right EDITOR: I am a student at Youngstown State University and recently hosted two


First, stop abortion

Opinion: First, stop abortion EDITOR: It’s time for us to wake up. We’ve been sleeping since 1973.