Opinion and Editorial

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Great news, but a bad picture

Opinion: Great news, but a bad picture EDITOR: What great news for our wonderful city to rank in the Top


The headline is ‘Jarts.’ The story is ‘Family.’

Opinion: I got schooled by the regulars at Cassese’s MVR in a round of boccie last year. And, in our


Fujimori shows no remorse

Miami Herald: Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori has faced three convictions for abusing his


Partisan politics threatens to kill health care reform

Editorial: Republicans in Congress have adopted a cynical strategy to kill President Barack Obama’s health care


Minimum wage stuck in the 1950s

Opinion: Are you better off than you were 40 years ago? Not if you’re a minimum-wage worker. It would take


Have tables turned on the obesity industry?

Opinion: BOSTON — What caught my eye was not just the ashtray sitting forlornly on the yard-sale table. It


Businesses will face maximum trouble

Opinion: Imagine a small-business owner trying to survive the recession. What would he do if hiring workers


Less than stimulating

Less than stimulating Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: The midterm election campaign is on. How else to


NOTABLE AND QUOTABLE

Opinion: “If we do not reform health care, your premiums and out-of-pocket costs will continue to skyrocket.


Unlicensed drivers must be treated as serious criminals

Editorial: Unlicensed drivers must be treated as serious criminals Over the years we have written editorials


Anger: A dangerous weapon to brandish

Opinion: One of the common-sense rules of life can be summed up this way: Don’t Mess With Cops. It doesn’t


Obama unrealistic in view of the world

Opinion: If you bought the buzz on Hillary Clinton’s major foreign-policy speech at the Council on Foreign


Vets need business ties

Opinion: Pairs of navy blue rhythm sticks were slipped into plastic sleeves before being heat-sealed and


Race made scholar just another suspect

Opinion: I loved living in Cambridge, Mass., except when I didn’t. And when I didn’t was when I had left my


Top Democrats to attend Betras’ fundraiser

Opinion: David Betras had specific goals in mind when he took over as Mahoning County Democratic Party