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Polanski affair reveals true Hollywood

Opinion: Not that I’m excusing it, but the revolting stance Hollywood has taken in defense of child-raping


WHO SAID SO?

Opinion: “The bottom line here is we need a final bill, a merged bill, that gets 60 votes.” Sen. Max


Repeal of ’05 tax cuts only solution for Ohio

Opinion: Ohio is a great, messy, complicated state. We are conservative and liberal, libertarian and


End ethanol tax credits

Kansas City Star: Congress has tried to create a charmed life for ethanol and Midwestern corn


Sturm, Kesner, Olson for Canfield schools

Editorial: Question: What does a school district do for an encore when year after year it is rated as one of


Home ownership is not necessarily a good thing

Opinion: Back in the days of the Soviet Union, two Russian economists who had never lived in a country with a


Health care a moral issue

Opinion: Health care a moral issue EDITOR: Recently, I attended a showing of Michael Moore’s movie


Gambling’s collateral damage

Opinion: Gambling’s collateral damage EDITOR: After reading the article in “How We See It” on the


Issue 3 helps Youngstown

Opinion: Issue 3 helps Youngstown EDITOR: I am writing this to voice my concern about Youngstown City


Biometrics to the rescue

Biometrics to the rescue Dallas Morning News: Most of us reading about terrorist wannabe Hosam


In Poland Township, Lidle and Naples

Editorial: In Poland Township, Lidle and Naples It’s not quite as easy to oversee Poland Township these days


Obama has done nothing to earn ‘prize’

Opinion: “War will continue until the end...” (Daniel 9:26) Like the Pulitzer Prize for journalism,


Peace prize no favor to harried Obama

Opinion: The Norwegian Nobel committee has done President Obama no favor by awarding him the 2009 Peace


Forget Afghanistan, let’s nation-build at home

Opinion: EAST OTIS, Mass. — The assessment of the war in Afghanistan from the top US general there is grim.


Obama must go for knockout in Afghanistan

Opinion: WASHINGTON — There are many reasons for hunkering down in Afghanistan and adopting a tougher