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‘They’ aren’t as dumb as ‘we’ think

Opinion: ‘They’ aren’t as dumb as ‘we’ think EDITOR: Normally, I would not comment on an op-ed column


Watch where cuts are made

Opinion: Watch where cuts are made EDITOR: In the first moments after experiencing an injury, we’ve all


Don’t raise taxes; make cuts

Opinion: Don’t raise taxes; make cuts EDITOR: I felt compelled to write after reading that Rep. Hagan and


‘Free’ health care was a bad idea from the start

Opinion: ‘Free’ health care was a bad idea from the start EDITOR: Thanks for Last Sunday’s article on


Now is not the time to fill high-paying job in Y’town

Editorial: Mayor Jay Williams must know that paying $50,826.88 for a glorified secretary, even in the


Lordstown’s exciting prospects

Editorial: Lordstown’s exciting prospects Last week’s media tour of the General Motors Lordstown complex


Making my way downtown

Opinion: A warm smile engulfs the face of Sandy Slanina when she mentions a memory of Strouss’ department


Tax on soft drinks aimed at ending our fatty ways

Opinion: History, as Franklin Delano Roosevelt once remarked, does in fact repeat itself. Not long after


Prodigal governor returns

Scripps Howard: South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford seemed to have developed a novel tactic for an


Americans are restless over pace of stimulus spending

Editorial: Summertime, and the living is not easy — for millions of Americans who are still being tossed around


Stimulus dollars will aid blacks, Latinos

Opinion: This summer, there’s good news for many black and Latino youth around the country. The federal


State funding for early college essential

Opinion: Gov. Ted Strickland’s latest budget proposal eliminates funding for all nine Early College High


New media flexes its muscle in Iran

Opinion: BOSTON — From time to time, a message pops into my e-mail announcing that someone is “Following You


NOTABLE AND QUOTABLE

Opinion: “If this was supposed to be our farm team, we’d better start looking for a new farm.” Republican


Press under pressure to take on Obama

Opinion: There was a noticeable change in the climate during President Obama’s Tuesday news conference that