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A great beginning

Opinion: A great beginning EDITOR: The evening of Sept. 12 at Edward J. Powers Auditorium was


Imagine health care as just another growth industry

Opinion: Imagine health care as just another growth industry EDITOR: Why is a growing health-care sector


And no smell of sulphur either

Opinion: And no smell of sulphur either EDITOR: As a public service to all the teabaggers, health-reform


Tipping is essential

Opinion: Tipping is essential EDITOR: This is a very sensitive subject but needs to be addressed.


Everyone can help

Opinion: Everyone can help EDITOR: I am an 11-year-old girl who believes that we all need to play our


Companies and employees won’t be able to afford health care

Opinion: Companies and employees won’t be able to afford health care EDITOR: I am astounded that so many


With Pishkur forced out at Forum Health, the Mahoning Valley is at the mercy of outsiders

Opinion: EDITOR: I had to write about the resignation of Walter “Buzz” Pishkur. I think it’s a travesty


Gadhafi’s rant at the U.N. warrants criticism of him

Editorial: The good news is that Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi wasn’t able to stay where he wanted to during


Venezuela’s links to Iran raise eyebrows

Opinion: Here’s an issue that is drawing growing attention in Washington, but is going almost unnoticed in


A ‘tail’ of two granddogs, Polo and Tessa

Opinion: My two Shih-Tzu granddogs, Polo, age 10, and Tessa, age seven, are truly joys in my old age. I


Ex-CIA directors speak out

Los Angeles Times: It wasn’t their intention, but seven former CIA directors who asked President


Today’s unrest is not new, but it is real

Opinion: Here’s the walk-away line from a new study about the way religious voters see the world:


The overdraft scam

St, Louis Post-Dispatch: Reforming the nation’s financial regulatory system, which Congress is


Vote yes on Issue 1 to give Ohio veterans a bonus

Editorial: Vote yes on Issue 1 to give Ohio veterans a bonus Veterans bonuses are a tradition in Ohio that


Covering illegals would cost billions

Opinion: WASHINGTON — Immigration and health care are not only two of the most contentious issues we face,