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Stop violating our civil liberties

Opinion: WASHINGTON — The rush to approve the vaccine for the H1N1 flu — also known as swine or “novel flu” —


Balloon boy: A set piece in five acts

Opinion: Remember when we had to wait months to see the made-for-TV movie? No more! Now breaking news and


George is a curiously bad election prognosticator

Opinion: George is a curiously bad election prognosticator EDITOR: In reading George Will’s column on


Mayors should go figure

Opinion: Mayors should go figure EDITOR: After reading “Peace in the Valley” in the Oct. 9 Vindicator, it


Who said so?

Opinion: “Everything is on the table. You’ve got this huge national deficit and we’ve got to do what we can


Washington’s dysfunction seen in deficit

Opinion: “That’s just the way it is. Some things will never change...” (Bruce Hornsby song lyric) The


Warren’s financial crisis underlines council race

Editorial: The city of Warren is in such dire straits fiscally that the administration of Mayor Michael O’Brien


Online shills are being forced to come clean

Opinion: Online communicators of all stripes, whether they blog or tweet or befriend on social networking


Brazil a nuclear power? Not likely

Opinion: Latin America has long prided itself on being the world’s most populated nuclear weapons-free


New executive pay rules may be less than appear

Opinion: Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit has a message for government bureaucrats determined to revamp executive


‘Socialized medicine’ is in the eye of the beholder

Opinion: ‘Socialized medicine’ is in the eye of the beholder EDITOR: As we move closer to a vote on any


Just say ‘no’ to more taxes

Opinion: Just say ‘no’ to more taxes EDITOR: As the November election approaches, we are again faced with


The question in Poland: If the train is running on time, do you change the conductor?

Editorial: The question in Poland: If the train is running on time, do you change the conductor? Making the


Obama looking to stimulate his tenure

Opinion: WASHINGTON — As Harvard’s president, Larry Summers, economist and former Treasury secretary, was a


INDIA

INDIA The Hindu, Madras, Oct. 8: The request by the United States and NATO commander in