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Pickens’ energy plan worth considering

Opinion: An inept, polarized Congress appears incapable of passing significant energy legislation this year


Another tribute to teachers

Opinion: Another tribute to teachers EDITOR This is in response to a letter written several weeks ago by


Bush’s faith-based initiative is a disaster

Opinion: WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush’s “faith-based” initiative has been a disaster. It has


Obama’s fickleness on Iraq is like a song

Opinion: As an inveterate “stage-door Johnny,” I have hundreds of song lyrics floating around in my head and


Take a bus downtown today; save gasoline, fight gas hike

Opinion: Take a bus downtown today; save gasoline, fight gas hike EDITOR: The Mahoning County Green


“Protests are a part of the Democratic society and student protests are particularly a long

Opinion: “Protests are a part of the Democratic society and student protests are particularly a long honored


County government offers ways to reorganize and save

Editorial: County government offers ways to reorganize and save There were two major news stories on The


JAPAN

JAPAN Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo, July 21: Alarm bells are beginning to ring around the world over


Newspapers require us to engage our brains

Opinion: Survey the latest news about newspapers — the unending layoffs of staffers, the ever-shrinking


McCain locked into a long-ago time frame

Opinion: BOSTON — Is it any wonder that John McCain was feeling a tad neglected? There was Barack Obama on a


Banished from Beijing

Banished from Beijing Washington Post: When Iraq’s Olympic team paraded at the 2000 Summer Games


At the risk of being berated by some ...

Opinion: Let us stipulate that Marc Dann, Leo Jennings III and Anthony Gutierrez are pond scum. Let us also


Behave as if there’s a war on

Opinion: Behave as if there’s a war on EDITOR: Americans are whining about the rising price of gasoline.


Here today, gone tomorrow

Opinion: WASHINGTON — One of Washington’s odder practices, redolent of the Third World and its autocratic


Boardman trustees insult voters with closed meetings

Editorial: Boardman trustees insult voters with closed meetings Once again, Boardman trustees have found