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Trading cheaper gasoline for bad roads is no bargain

Editorial: Trading cheaper gasoline for bad roads is no bargain Who wouldn’t love a tax cut, any tax cut?


Change in offing for Muslim faith

Opinion: It’s encouraging to see that not all the talk of change and hope is about getting votes. It is also


Warships are empty exercises of power

Opinion: WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has announced it is sending a second aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf.


“I know it’s tough times, and I know you’re having to pay more at the fuel pump

Opinion: “I know it’s tough times, and I know you’re having to pay more at the fuel pump than you want. But


Clinton a clone of ‘pander bear’

Opinion: WASHINGTON — A year ago last March, the Republican National Committee had fun sending someone in a


One person, one vote is the only way to go

Opinion: One person, one vote is the only way to go EDITOR: American voters everywhere are questioning


Homicides in Youngstown overshadow crime rate drop

Editorial: The Youngstown Police Department, the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Department and the Federal Bureau of


McCain right on health care

Opinion: A gold star to John McCain for his just released plan for reforming American health care. Analysts


With equal pay, it’s back to the future

Opinion: BOSTON — By now the Tale of Lilly Ledbetter is beginning to sound like the Perils of Pauline or the


“Since the Americans came here, nothing is cheap.”

Opinion: “Since the Americans came here, nothing is cheap.” A Pashtun woman Lamenting the high price of


In due time, all the questions will be answered about the death of a Liberty woman

Opinion: In due time, all the questions will be answered about the death of a Liberty woman EDITOR: I


Journalists in Saudi Arabia face death

Opinion: If you want to understand why murderous Islamic extremists still pour out of the Middle East,


World News Digest

JAPAN Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo, April 28: Last September, Israeli forces bombed and destroyed a


The victim’s voice

The victim’s voice Los Angeles Times: In a case reminiscent of the story of the boy who killed his


Truman should be backdrop for debate

Opinion: INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Business, meaning research by historians and nourishment for history hobbyists,