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Ex-Bush aides insist on bashing the president

Opinion: Nature abhors a vacuum, the philosopher Spinoza wrote. So does politics. And in politics, there is


Politicians need to get off high horses

Opinion: When politicians get on their high horses about something, it is almost certain that a considerable


Six years later, U.S. troops still in Iraq

Opinion: Thursday was the sixth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war, but no one paid much attention.


The pope’s visit to Africa is recovering from a bad start

Editorial: The pope’s visit to Africa is recovering from a bad start It’s no surprise that Pope Benedict XVI


“Genuine religion ... stands at the base of any authentically human culture.”

Opinion: “Genuine religion ... stands at the base of any authentically human culture.” Pope Benedict XVI


Left wins in El Salvador

Left wins in El Salvador Miami Herald: Nearly 30 years after it was born as a leftist insurgent


Commodities panel needs stronger law

Opinion: WASHINGTON — Last month there was an international manhunt for R. Allen Stanford. It is alleged he


Economic woes not new to Youngstown

Opinion: Because Youngstown Mayor Jay Williams spoke in great detail during and after a recent chamber


“I do not like these arrangements and find it distasteful and difficult to recommend to you

Opinion: “I do not like these arrangements and find it distasteful and difficult to recommend to you that we


Protecting the food supply

Seattle Times: Fears and frustrations with federal food-safety laws ignore party lines. President


World’s best and brightest no longer seeking fortune in the U.S.

Opinion: Seven years ago, Sandeep Nijsure left his home in Mumbai to study computer science at the University


Gun shops come under fire in Arizona

Opinion: PHOENIX — X-Caliber, a gun store in a nondescript neighborhood in this city’s northern section, has


Having options can beat jobless blues

Opinion: There’s nothing like a brutal recession to reinforce the value of a good education. The U.S.


AIG bonuses are salt in taxpayers’ wounds

Editorial: No one should be surprised that members of Congress from both parties are calling for executives of


No easy answers to questions about public education

Opinion: No easy answers to questions about public education EDITOR: An incompetent teacher might be one