Opinion and Editorial

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We’re not in a modern Great Depression

Opinion: COLUMBUS — I’ve heard more times in recent months than I care to remember that we’re in the worst


Brazil has chance to prove it embraces the rule of law

Editorial: We aren’t under any illusions that the United States will boycott the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de


Potholes on uneven road to equality

Opinion: BOSTON — I suppose there is something charming about watching conservative politicians in Texas


There’s a way to stop the H1N1 pandemic

Opinion: As a second-grade teacher in a Milwaukee public school, I’m worried about the swine flu. Not so much


A lesson learned in how not to encourage CFL bulb use

Editorial: A lesson learned in how not to encourage CFL bulb use There is an adage that for every problem


Why is the State Dept. getting rid of one of its best employees?

Opinion: As the world grows more dangerous, and important cities in far-flung locations more hostile to


Redrawing of districts makes ’10 vote key

Opinion: Casual political observers might have been baffled by the high-profile way that top aides to


Lenders having a payday

Lenders having a payday Middletown Journal: Ohioans thought they had dealt with the predatory


Gen. McChrystal deserving of sympathy

Opinion: I feel sorry for Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal. The top commander of U.S. troops in Afghanistan is in


We can find other watches and knives

Opinion: Switzerland rarely makes the evening news. That is mostly because nothing much ever happens in this


Betras passionate about defeating State Issue 3

Opinion: When “I’ll try to talk without getting too emotional” came out of his mouth, it was time for


Afghan policy needs clarity

Dallas Morning News: Unusual friction seems to be developing between the Obama administration and


Polanski’s apologists are twisting the truth

Opinion: In our new era of teachable moments, nothing has been so educational to me as Roman Polanski’s


Time has come for a pact on V&M Star Steel project

Editorial: Silence on the part of the French owners of V&M Star Steel over the failure of the cities of


Human trafficking victims have an ally

Opinion: Of all the voiceless people on Earth, I can think of few more unfortunate than the multitudes —