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Obama overplays hand

Opinion: What we’re seeing in Washington these days is beginning to look like Jimmy Carter II. Carter, like


Press banks on mortgages

Press banks on mortgages San Jose Mercury News: As if clusters of vacant, deteriorating houses


Traficant earned his day

Opinion: Traficant earned his day EDITOR: I am writing about the cancellation of Traficant night at the


A very unwelcome idea

Opinion: A very unwelcome idea EDITOR: After seven years of incarceration, our former Congressman Jim


Biggest objection is to a single-payer system

Opinion: Biggest objection is to a single-payer system EDITOR: In response to comments by Sen. Sherrod


Gains for secretary of state? Don’t laugh

Opinion: There were definitely a few people who laughed when I reported that Mahoning County Prose-cutor Paul


Distortions kill good idea

Seattle Times: In the end, sensible end-of-life counseling proposals in health-care reform had to be


Charter schools ‘experiment’ got away from its creators

Editorial: When Ohioans were first sold the bill of goods that charter schools — many of them operated on a


Freedom of speech is under attack

Opinion: WASHINGTON — It began with the proliferation of campus “speech codes” ostensibly designed to promote


Few people reading up on health care

Opinion: People are really fired up about the health-care debate — or are they? We’ve all seen the raucous


NAFTA to blame for many of nation’s ills

Opinion: What do immigration, border security, swine flu and environmental concerns have in common? If you


Federal government spending hits record

Opinion: You get itemized bills from your doctor, your car mechanic and your cell-phone provider. Why not


No deal is too big to fail

Opinion: No deal is too big to fail EDITOR: “Deal for V&M keys on land transfer,” The Vindicator reported


A response to congressman’s view of health care reform

Opinion: A response to congressman’s view of health care reform EDITOR: Sorry Charlie, but it is a


Sober look at difficult topic

Chicago Sun-Times: There’s nothing like a dry research paper to help clear up the sexiest and most