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Life and death part of Indians’ mindset

Opinion: When it comes to reforming the mess we euphemistically call “health care” the biggest obstacle is


Seven-plus years after U.S.-led invasion, Afghan women still at risk

Opinion: KABUL, Afghanistan — When the United States and its allies went to war against the Taliban after the


Health habits should be part of debate

Opinion: Doctors and insurance agents are in the front lines of the health-care battles spilling from


Right-wingers are the new hippies

Opinion: It took the 40th anniversary of Woodstock for me to understand what’s going on in our country right


A solution must be found to V&M Star land dispute

Editorial: We don’t know whether the parent company of Youngstown-based V&M Star Steel will give the green


Life-and-death decisions are personal

Opinion: There was a time when rushing a thousand-page bill through Congress so fast that no one has time to


Socialized medicine not answer to what ails U.S.

Opinion: PORTADOWN, NORTHERN IRELAND — For the past month I have watched British media report and comment on


Lockerbie bomber must die in prison in Scotland

Editorial: It’s an obscenity to talk about showing compassion for a mass murderer, but that’s exactly what’s


Critics wrong about Britain’s health system

Opinion: LONDON — When Britain’s National Health Service was created in 1948, its founder, the charismatic


Taliban trying to win back hearts, minds

Opinion: WASHINGTON — On July 27, about three months after the Obama administration unveiled its new


Nobel laureate appeals to the left

Opinion: U.S. Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz has become a sort of rock star in left-of-center Latin American


Banks dragging their feet

Philadelphia Inquirer: After taking billions in federal bailout money, large banks should find it in


Doesn’t see evidence of Obama’s ‘grab for power’

Opinion: Doesn’t see evidence of Obama’s ‘grab for power’ EDITOR: In reading the Aug. 12 Vindicator, I


Flooding can’t be ignored

Opinion: Flooding can’t be ignored EDITOR: Just after the heavy rains had stopped Aug. 11, I happened to


BRITAIN

BRITAIN The Times, London, August 7: There is a truth about modern health care that, in the