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Crying racism has benefits

Opinion: Many people hoped that the election of a black President of the United States would mark our


Gates’ arrest shows we have a long way to go

Opinion: Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. was arrested two weeks ago after mistakenly being suspected


Obama needs results in coming months

Opinion: In the first six months of his presidency, Barack Obama has launched a broad agenda aimed at


A dog and pony show

Opinion: A dog and pony show EDITOR: Your story on U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan’s public meeting on health care was


Group’s attack on Ryan over abortion vote is misguided

Opinion: Group’s attack on Ryan over abortion vote is misguided EDITOR: Democrats for Life’s decision to


Don’t encourage the ‘birthers’

Don’t encourage the ‘birthers’ Dallas Morning News: A year after then-candidate Barack Obama


What can we learn from the Gates flap?

Opinion: “I hate to admit it, but I have reached a stage in my life that if I am walking down a dark street


Visit to Gaza was an eye-opener

Opinion: On the weekend of July 4, Raed Khatib of Boardman and I joined some 200 other patriots on a


Valley projects require a final spurt of support

Editorial: The clock is ticking on the competition to determine which government projects in Northeast Ohio


Israel focusing on Latin America

Opinion: Until not too long ago, Latin America was a distant observer of the Middle East conflict. That’s


Fairness in sentencing

Washington Post: This year marks the 25th anniversary of legislation that created mandatory minimum


NORWAY

NORWAY Dagsavisen, Oslo, July 22: We’ve seen it in Tibet and Xinjiang, in Kashmir and Chechnya,


Let ugly fruit live

Let ugly fruit live Chicago Tribune: Today we report a breakthrough of note: The Europeans have


Boardman administration is the problem, not patrolmen

Opinion: Boardman administration is the problem, not patrolmen EDITOR: Your July 23 editorial blasting


Palin wrong on the ‘facts’ about energy

Opinion: Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin put the global warming debate front and center recently with a plea