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GIs have some educational options

Opinion: Over the last few months, Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia has “rallied the troops” to support an overhaul


Is it fair comment, or cheap shot?

Opinion: When he was attorney general, Marc Dann blatantly lied to this writer. He subsequently admitted to


It’s the season to reap what we mow

Opinion: My wife and I have two boys, 12 and 14. At their age, I mowed yards, $5 a yard. My gardener charges


Myanmar leaders are guilty of crimes against humanity

Editorial: The military leaders of Myanmar, the South East Asian country ravaged by a cyclone, pledged Friday


Education studies state the obvious

Opinion: WASHINGTON — A new report declares that a “boy crisis” in education doesn’t exist and that both


He’s still out there

Opinion: Los Angeles Times: As President Bush jetted home from the Middle East on Sunday, Osama bin Laden


Docile press corps gives Bush a pass

Opinion: When presidents begin their lame-duck lap, top advisers are often the first to flee. And lo, it came


East Palestine council announces summer schedule

Opinion: EAST PALESTINE — In observance of Memorial Day, city council has moved its next public meeting from


A little bit of this and a little bit of that

Opinion: The next time you’re on a weeklong bike trip in cooler weather, never end the day at an inn that’s


Brace for more venom from U.N.

Opinion: Sometime in the next few weeks, the U.N. General Assembly will elect a pugnacious, anti-American


Schools face day of reckoning as No Child deadlines near

Editorial: Schools face day of reckoning as No Child deadlines near When it comes to demanding quantifiable


Ageism is still acceptable prejudice in our country

Opinion: It’s one of the real novelties of Election 2008: There’s someone for everyone to prejudge.


Is democracy advancing or retreating?

Opinion: Is democracy on the march or is it in retreat? I put that question to Secretary of State Condoleezza


Abusive interrogations now hinder terror prosecutions

Editorial: Abusive interrogations now hinder terror prosecutions Kansas City Star: The Bush administration’s


“In 30-plus years of humanitarian emergency work this is by far — by far — the

Opinion: “In 30-plus years of humanitarian emergency work this is by far — by far — the largest case of