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We put plenty of space to Dann today, and here’s why

Opinion: There’s a lot of Marc Dann in your newspaper today. It’s not without extraordinary effort or


Taking care of the CEO

Opinion: Taking care of the CEO EDITOR: Here’s a good question: Why is it OK for AT&T, a profitable


It’s no surprise that Williams will remain mayor next year

Editorial: Youngstown Mayor Jay Williams has chalked up another first in his relatively brief political career:

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Hey big spender, today’s the day

Editorial: Hey big spender, today’s the day The National Retail Federation is predicting that the recession


Search for justice could rule the day in Ohio courts under new pact

Opinion: Something strange is happening in Ohio. The idea of gamesmanship in criminal trials is taking a back


Uncle Sam wants you

Scripps Howard: Has Uncle Sam got a deal for you! He’ll give you up to $4,500 toward a new car


American aid workers needed in Afghanistan

Editorial: It’s not enough for President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to tell


A tribute to an ‘unenlightened’ mother

Opinion: My mother would have brained us had we acted like the runts at the coffee shop. My mother entered


End of life health care at what cost?

Opinion: BOSTON — I was not surprised by the president’s story. Health care reform is not just a matter of


Statehouse Zone: A land of imagination

Opinion: COLUMBUS — (Start scary, grating music, spiraling outer space imagery and ominous voiceover here.)


Quotable

Opinion: “My 17-year-old daughter is afraid. She knows she must go back but doesn’t want to.” Silvia Mendez


A credit bill of rights

A credit bill of rights Seattle Times: Banks and the credit-card industry have no one to blame but


President must let the sunshine in

Opinion: So maybe Hillary Clinton was right. The celestial choirs aren’t singing, and everyone isn’t


Supreme Court in no danger of major shift any time soon

Editorial: Supreme Court in no danger of major shift any time soon It will not take much for President Barack


Ideology at the root of justice battles

Opinion: On the day President George H.W. Bush picked David Souter for the Supreme Court, I called two