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Pope’s visit to Mideast controversial, inspiring

Editorial: Pope Benedict XVI is back in the Vatican today after a pilgrimage to the Holy Land during where he


What would Goldwater say?

Opinion: BOSTON — As if the Republicans weren’t having enough trouble with defectors, they’ve gone on a


WWII blanket infused with memories

Opinion: Rummaging through my closet I found a memorable World War II relic that I received on May 17, 1943.


Obama must chip away at looming monumental debt

Editorial: Obama must chip away at looming monumental debt Deficits do matter. We didn’t believe it in


Obama should tackle slavery that still exists

Opinion: ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Facing the old slave market from the sea, you can try to imagine what it was


Notable and quotable

Opinion: “I urge people of goodwill in both communities to repair the damage that has been done, and in


British parliamentarians slop at trough

Opinion: LONDON — There are titled people in Britain and then there are people who consider themselves


Afghan security forces slow in forming

Opinion: WARDAK PRO-VINCE, Afghanistan — The six young men looked too scrawny to fulfill the high hopes


Good news on trade

Good news on trade Kansas City Star: President Obama’s record on trade sometimes has been hard to


Silence deafening on Dann’s ‘anniversary’

Opinion: “No comment.” It’s a phrase reporters often hear. If someone doesn’t say those exact words, you


Obama’s multifront efforts are essential

Opinion: President Barack Obama has drawn criticism in his first 100 days for trying to do too many things at


Aggressive crime fighting gets results in Youngstown

Editorial: In January, after Youngstown’s crime statistics for 2008 revealed an overall decline, most notably


Does the rule of law matter to Obama?

Opinion: WASHINGTON — Anyone, said T.S. Eliot, could carve a goose, were it not for the bones. And anyone


Climate change foes at it — again

Opinion: Thanks to documents recently uncovered by a lawsuit, we now know that a major industry trade group


It’s time to end celibacy rule for priests

Opinion: Padre Alberto’s fall from Roman Catholic grace has all the makings of a TV movie and, unfortunately,