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Sarkozy’s idea for newspapers is intriguing

Opinion: “French President Nicolas Sarkozy today announced $786 million in emergency aid for his country’s


Desperate House GOPers

Scripps Howard: Under the “what were they thinking?” category we would have to file the decision of


Bin Laden’s capture not a priority for Musharraf

Opinion: For years, I have been critical of the relationship between the United States and Pakistan as it


Let’s review New Year’s weight loss resolution

Opinion: If you’ve celebrated the first month of keeping your New Year’s resolution to lose weight, you’re


Friendly fire within Democratic camp

Opinion: New York Gov. David Paterson put a delightful punctuation point at the end of the saga of who would


Symphony’s performance of new music and old should not have been missed

Opinion: Symphony’s performance of new music and old should not have been missed EDITOR: New symphonic


Republicans behaving like Democrats

Opinion: In an era when so many people seem to be focused on “the first” of any group to do something, maybe


Out of sight, mind and consideration

Opinion: When President Lyndon B. Johnson was about to sign the Immigration and Nationality Act on Oct. 3,


“The goal is to shape a package that is more targeted, that would be smaller in size and that

Opinion: “The goal is to shape a package that is more targeted, that would be smaller in size and that would


No Child Left Behind Act should be re-examined

Opinion: President Obama needs to examine the No Child Left Behind Act. “Our schools fail too many,” he


Birth of eight babies inspires more questions than joy

Editorial: Birth of eight babies inspires more questions than joy Let us be the first to say that we hope


Eliminate tax dodges for well paid CEOs

Opinion: We need to curb the audacity of greed. President Obama was right to denounce as “shameful” the


Turkey storms out of Davos over Gaza

Opinion: DAVOS, Switzerland — In the 12 years I’ve been attending Davos, I’ve never seen anything like it.


Congress should temper applause for Obama

Opinion: BALTIMORE, Md. — George W. Bush’s last State of the Union message was interrupted with applause


Bad timing

Bad timing Scripps Howard News Service: From a purely economic point of view, Americans have