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Four-year college degree not an end-all

Opinion: Colleges are becoming unaffordable for many families and are themselves suddenly facing hard times


U.S. auto industry is vital to the economy

Opinion: For more than 100 years, General Motors has played an instrumental role in America’s manufacturing


Obstacles to AIDS testing

Obstacles to AIDS testing Washington Post: The fear and stigma surrounding HIV and AIDS make it


Is $45M cost fo arena valid?

Opinion: That question has preoccupied this writer ever since the publicly owned Chevrolet Centre opened three years ago. An effort to get the U.S. Government Accountability Office to conduct a cost analysis of the downtown Youngstown sports and entertainment facility failed because neither the mayor at the time, George M. McKelvey, nor members of city council expressed interest in such a review.


After 67 years: still a hero, and still remembered

Opinion: After 67 years: still a hero, and still remembered EDITOR: As teenagers growing up in the ’30s,


Pay increase for Tablack is ill-timed, unnecessary

Editorial: As Mahoning County commissioners contemplated giving Administrator George J. Tablack a pretty


Big Three give U.S. an edge in technology

Opinion: General Motors, Ford and Chrysler are collectively one of the world’s primary sources for the


Double standard in D.C.

Editorial: Double standard in D.C. It’s become clear why the Bush administration was so opposed to tapping


Eugenics for soccer moms

Eugenics for soccer moms Dallas Morning News: Are you the kind of parent who will spare no expense


Team Obama isn’t easy to understand

Opinion: The big story recently — except for, you know, that recession thing — has been Barack Obama’s new


Today is Saturday, Dec. 6, the 341st day of 2008. There are 25 days left in the year. On this date

Opinion: Today is Saturday, Dec. 6, the 341st day of 2008. There are 25 days left in the year. On this date


Somebody has got to stop the madness in Zimbabwe

Editorial: Now, the people of the southern African nation of Zimbabwe are dying from a cholera epidemic. What


Richness comes from being satisfied

Opinion: GUILDERLAND, N.Y. — We are concerned about the economy. We worry about the stock market,


Diplomatic machine needs to be rebuilt

Opinion: At first glance, President-elect Barack Obama’s new national-security team of experienced


Economic recession has a silver lining

Opinion: WASHINGTON — Inside every recession there’s a silver lining and in this one it’s falling oil prices,