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Green jobs won’t do much to end economic recession

Opinion: CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Everyone from the United Nations to the U.S. Council of Mayors is excited about


Enforcement of smoking ban should not come as surprise

Editorial: By a vote of 2,370,369 to 1,679,956, Ohioans said in November 2006 that they wanted smoking banned


Regime in Cuba may be on the defensive

Opinion: Castrologists, or practitioners of the obscure science of trying to interpret the moves of the


Green jobs will ultimately help communities

Opinion: BETHESDA, Md. — Critics who say that federally created “green jobs” waste taxpayers’ money and don’t


Where’s exit plan for AIG?

Kansas City Star: Keeping the American Inter-national Group on government life support — while


Reform of health care system can’t wait

Opinion: How’s the U.S. health care system working out for you? For me, just so-so. I have a policy, but to


A boy thinks like a child

Opinion: A boy thinks like a child EDITOR: The last sentence of a March 1 letter asked, “Who in the world


How we feel linked to what we eat

Opinion: We’re from I-o-way, I-o-way, State of all the land Joy on ev’ry hand ... That’s where the


As Mexico sinks deeper in its drug wars, U.S. should worry

Editorial: As Mexico sinks deeper in its drug wars, U.S. should worry Most Americans are preoccupied with the


“It’s probably one of the worst multiple shootings that I’ve seen in a long time.

Opinion: “It’s probably one of the worst multiple shootings that I’ve seen in a long time. ... This is bad. I


Lobbyist libel suit provides some lessons

Opinion: There’s an old bit of wisdom among lawyers that bad facts make bad law. Drawing lasting lessons from


Next health challenge: costs

Next health challenge: costs Dallas Morning: President Barack Obama apparently has solved one of


FINLAND

FINLAND Helsingin Sanomat, Helsinki, March 4: Iran appears to have taken a new step in being able


Obama must echo Churchill’s resolve

Opinion: PROVO, Utah — Less than eight weeks in office, Barack Obama has defined a course for his presidency


When Obama speaks, the market drops

Opinion: Since the beginning of the year, the stock market has fallen about 20 percent — about half that drop