Opinion and Editorial

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Fitzgerald, darling of liberals, strikes out

Opinion: When U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald was investigating the leak of a CIA officer’s name a couple of


Sectarian fears rise in Iraq as violence flares

Opinion: BAGHDAD — A recent spate of attacks largely directed at Shia neighborhoods in Baghdad is fueling


Flooding problems in Poland Township must be addressed

Opinion: Flooding problems in Poland Township must be addressed EDITOR: Poland Township is known as a


The problem with Leviticus

Opinion: The problem with Leviticus EDITOR: I was deeply disturbed to read the June 14 letter from a


Program aims to get driver into fuel efficient vehicles

Editorial: Program aims to get driver into fuel efficient vehicles “Cash for Clunkers,” the buyer incentive


NOTABLE AND QUOTABLE

Opinion: “I’m still at the table. I wouldn’t be at the table if I didn’t think there was some hope for it.”


Still at risk of swine flu

Still at risk of swine flu Miami Herald: Don’t throw that mask away just yet. The World Health


Common good key in heath care debate

Opinion: At the Barbara Jordan Conference Center in Washington recently, researchers unveiled a new study


Racehorses face bleak retirement

Opinion: Every spring in the United States, as many as 50,000 thoroughbred mares give birth. Perhaps every


Obama’s goal for health care plain to see

Opinion: WASHINGTON — To dissect today’s health care debate, the crux of which concerns a “public option,”


SWEDEN

SWEDEN The Dagens Nyheter, Stockholm, June 17: Our Latvian neighbors are really going through a


There’s a reason attendance was down at Borts pool

Opinion: There’s a reason attendance was down at Borts pool EDITOR: I was very disappointed by the news


Gilding the tobacco leaf

Opinion: Gilding the tobacco leaf EDITOR: George Will’s penchant for elegant but deceptive prose was


Even parked cruisers help

Opinion: Even parked cruisers help EDITOR: I would like to congratulate Salem Police chief Bob Floor on a


Cities can punish ‘foreign workers’

Opinion: Now that the Republican dominated Ohio Supreme Court has told public employees they are free to live