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For a bailout from the U.S. Treasury, press ‘One’

Opinion: “Hello! You’ve reached the United States Treasury’s automated bailout hotline. Please listen


It isn’t necessarily ‘either/or’

Editorial: It isn’t necessarily ‘either/or’ Youngstown school officials have been taking some criticism for


Sarah Palin is the best candidate ever

Opinion: Sarah Palin is the best candidate ever EDITOR: I believe presidential candidate John McCain has


A vote for Sarah is a vote for John McCain

Opinion: A vote for Sarah is a vote for John McCain EDITOR: I am writing this letter especially for the


Race has little to do with it

Opinion: Race has little to do with it EDITOR: Regarding the Sept. 16 article, “Democrats accuse locals


Victims of Sudanese conflict out of sight and out of mind

Editorial: Perhaps it’s the presidential election in the United States, the economic turmoil around the world


Rangel should give up chair

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., should step down or be removed as


Lesson from Wall St.: Greed is not good

Opinion: “Greed is good.” (1987 film “Wall Street”) “Whoever loves money, never has money enough;


A loyal Republican undecided this year

Opinion: I’m undecided. That’s a position in which I have never found myself at this stage of a presidential


Pepper Team Lacivita going for the gold

Opinion: For the first time in my 84-year lifespan, I have been unable to plant a garden. Growing up in the


“You fought like lions. I just want to do all the things you fought for.”

Opinion: “You fought like lions. I just want to do all the things you fought for.” Foreign Minister Tzipi


Sometimes the punishment doesn’t fit the crime

Editorial: Sometimes the punishment doesn’t fit the crime In the case of the brutal assault on Youngtown


Economic intervention smacks of socialism

Opinion: There’s no avoiding this conclusion: The federal government’s breathtaking economic interventionism


Palin has completely changed the game

Opinion: WASHINGTON — The hysteria in the media and among the drawing room intellectuals of American politics


Questions about the First Dude

Questions about the First Dude Scripps Howard News Service: Even while showcasing Sarah Palin’s