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Zoos take away animals’ natural desire to be free

Opinion: Did you hear the one about the elephant in a zoo who was so bored they built it a gigantic


Obama’s multitasking driving critics crazy

Opinion: Just because some of his most ardent detractors can’t walk and chew gum at the same time does not


Dismissal of murder charges in Mahoning County is toxic

Editorial: We’ve heard the song before: The prosecutor’s office will be hosting a county-wide seminar on


Fiscal crisis spawns political mischief

Opinion: WASHINGTON — With the braying of 328 yahoos — members of the House of Representatives who voted for


Greed at heart of economic nightmare

Opinion: “Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?” Marcus Tullius Cicero “Honesty is the first


Sudden poverty brings poor into media focus

Opinion: The media have discovered the poor, some of them anyway. As the recession slices deep into the U.S.


U.S. population growth bad for our fiscal health

Opinion: We are weapons of mass destruction. We are the suicide bombers hiding sure destruction under our


Auto industry will grow

Detroit Free Press: It would make no sense to lend billions to companies that build cars and trucks


“The basic unfairness is that our system is currently based on someone paying off their legal

Opinion: “The basic unfairness is that our system is currently based on someone paying off their legal


Residents shouldn’t have to subsidize electricity for plant

Opinion: Residents shouldn’t have to subsidize electricity for plant EDITOR: Record high job losses, the


“It was like the Special Olympics or something.”

Opinion: “It was like the Special Olympics or something.” President Barack Obama To “The Tonight Show”


Skewed priorities lead to hard times

Opinion: I heard the day I wrote this that a local firm I’d done business with for years had been hit with a


Saving Forum Health isn’t a one-man job

Editorial: Saving Forum Health isn’t a one-man job There’s a lot at stake in the bankruptcy reorganization of


UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Gulf News, Dubai, March 17: It is easy to understand the anger of taxpayers


Phoenix attracts smugglers, kidnappers

Opinion: PHOENIX — Police Chief Jack Harris, a solid block of a man with a shock of thick gray hair, is