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An inspirational message

Opinion: An inspirational message EDITOR: I attended the Ohio Cultural Alliance dinner meeting at Mt.


‘AfPak’ poses a very real threat

Opinion: I am writing this column en route to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Of all the pressing foreign-policy


Tweeting has made minutia important

Opinion: What am I doing right now? If you must know, I’m staring at the computer screen, toggling between


A wicked disease is striking Gulf War vets

Opinion: I had expected the three-volley salute, but still flinched when the soldiers fired their guns.


Health insurance is not medical care

Opinion: Much as I hate to be the bearer of bad news, I must report the shocking facts: Medical care is


Taking good news about GM with a grain of salt

Editorial: Taking good news about GM with a grain of salt It was good to hear a General Motors official say


‘The Bird’: A gift to baseball

Dallas Morning News: Mark “The Bird” Fid-rych lasted only a few years on the mound but left behind a


“The whole notion was that if we showed courtesy or opened up dialogue with governments that

Opinion: “The whole notion was that if we showed courtesy or opened up dialogue with governments that had


Here’s another alternative

Opinion: Here’s another alternative EDITOR: I was sorry to hear the news that Byzantine Catholic Central


U.S. must leave Middle East now

Opinion: President Barack Obama holds my admiration with high hopes for his message of change in Washington,


Obama has chance to help Latin America

Opinion: PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — President Barack Obama scored high marks in his first meeting with Latin


Boyle’s singing reflects her inner beauty

Opinion: For two days I contemplated the phenomenon that is Susan Boyle. As nearly everyone must know by now,


Palestinians expect tough times

Opinion: Though hawkish Benjamin Netanyahu came in second in Israel’s last elections, he was tapped by


Boardman’s budget will be put to stress test by the state

Editorial: Of all the comments made recently by public officials about the challenges confronting government


“I think that’s a great movie. I mean, did he mean it as an insult?”

Opinion: “I think that’s a great movie. I mean, did he mean it as an insult?” Adam Lambert “American