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A toxic proposal

Opinion: Washington Post: For 71‚Ñ2 years, the Labor Department has neglected the workers it’s supposed to


Will sales tax hike hurt?

Opinion: California’s unemployment rate soared to 7.3 percent in July, with nearly 400,000 more workers in


What does the future hold for Jackson-Milton schools?

Opinion: What does the future hold for Jackson-Milton schools? EDITOR: After the failure of the Jackson-


Recasting election is McCain’s best hope

Opinion: WASHINGTON — Last August, John McCain’s campaign was a guttering candle, out of money but flush with


The two-wheel exception to falling traffic deaths

The two-wheel exception to falling traffic deaths Scripps Howard News Service: One of the more


ITALY

ITALY Corriere della Sera, Milan, Aug. 13: After having given Georgia inopportune and unrealistic


U.S. government shouldn’t give its assets to profiteers

Editorial: U.S. government shouldn’t give its assets to profiteers A former timber industry lobbyist who


“I think what happens in the days and months to come will determine the future course of

Opinion: “I think what happens in the days and months to come will determine the future course of


Bush leaving fiscal woes to his successor

Opinion: The next president, whether it be Republican John McCain or Democrat Barack Obama, will be in


Give Youngstown a try

Opinion: Give Youngstown a try EDITOR: I would like to respond to an Aug. 14 letter in which the writer


Chavez’s authoritarian move was predictable

Opinion: After more than 10 years of watching Venezuela’s authoritarian President Hugo Chavez, it’s hard not


Rhyme and reason

Editorial: Rhyme and reason At the risk of dating himself, this editorial writer remembers when school


There’s hidden danger in No Child Left Behind

Opinion: During the first months of President Bush’s administration he spoke of the “soft bigotry of low


10 reasons why Youngstown’s alive, well

Opinion: Forbes Magazine decided to publish an article about the country’s “fastest-dying” cities and chose


We should up the ante on casino initiative

Opinion: There, he said it. Youngstown Mayor Jay Williams used the “S” word in a recent interview with The