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Chair pick will reveal direction of the GOP

Opinion: For a party out of political power, the election of its new national chairman is often the first


Barack Obama offers hope to ‘people of poor nations’

Editorial: They were just two paragraphs in President Barack H. Obama’s historic inaugural speech Tuesday, but


It pays to pay attention to the flight attendants

Opinion: Rocky Mountain News, Denver: Airline passengers are suddenly paying attention when the flight


Comprehensive reform will benefit U.S.

Opinion: WASHINGTON — There are some who say we cannot afford health-care reform during this time of economic


Obama’s promise is far too expensive

Opinion: EDITOR NOTE: The writers are addressing the question, Will the recession prevent President Obama


Dog abuser makes a deal

Editorial: Dog abuser makes a deal Steve Croley got away with murder, in the colloquial sense, not literally.


Zimbabwe is collapsing

Opinion: HARARE, Zimbabwe — The value of the Zimbabwean dollar has fallen so low that it is no longer worth


Pilot’s ‘deliberate calm’ saves flight

Opinion: We can all learn something from Capt. Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger III. After his US Airways


Obama is what we have going for us

Opinion: WASHINGTON — And so it was over. Just like that. The moving trucks behind the White House packed up


Obama offers more subtle leadership

Opinion: Barack Obama’s inaugural speech answered a nagging question that much of the world has been


Obama outpolled Kerry and Gore

Opinion: In the recent HBO miniseries that chronicled the life of John Adams, there is a wrenching scene


“What an opportunity we have to change this country.”

Opinion: “What an opportunity we have to change this country.” President Barack Obama On his first day in


Dann is out of sight, but not out of mind

Opinion: Ex-Attorney General Marc Dann resigned under pressure more than eight months ago, but the legacy of


Youngstown, Warren need helping hand to fight crime

Editorial: First the good news: Crime in the Mahoning Valley’s two largest communities, Youngstown and Warren,


“We, in our little corner, in the Middle East, in Israel, are tensely waiting to see whether

Opinion: “We, in our little corner, in the Middle East, in Israel, are tensely waiting to see whether you