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Party loyalties will bring close elections

Opinion: WASHINGTON — At various times during the past few months, as many as 25 percent of Democrats have


“I am an idealistic, naive, passionate, truth-seeking, spiritually motivated artist,

Opinion: “I am an idealistic, naive, passionate, truth-seeking, spiritually motivated artist, unschooled in


Ugly politics make ugly locutions

Opinion: WASHINGTON — Ugly locutions often crop up in the promotion of ugly politics. Consider the threat of


JAPAN

JAPAN Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo, April 17: Japan and Italy are said to be politically much alike.


FDA needs help

FDA needs help Washington Post: Janet Woodcock, director of the Food and Drug Administration’s


Keeping a low profile after Syrian bombing made sense

Editorial: Keeping a low profile after Syrian bombing made sense Certainly the Bush administration has made


Dann loves his grandma, but not sprouts

Opinion: COLUMBUS — The great clearinghouse of “the people’s records” that is Ohio Attorney General Marc


D.H. Lawrence spinning in grave

Opinion: “FU.” That’s how Attorney General Marc Dann’s former scheduler, Jessica Utovich, responded via


E-mails put attorney general in an embarrassing position

Editorial: In a week or so, Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann will hold a news conference to discuss the sexual


Trade policy fails U.S.

Opinion: It’s easy to play bumper-sticker politics with trade. But it gets us nowhere. When Barack Obama


Ohio amendment to provide veteran bonuses is good idea

Opinion: Ohio amendment to provide veteran bonuses is good idea EDITOR: The constitutional amendment


Combining public safety responsibilities wouldn’t work in Youngstown

Opinion: EDITOR: Increasingly, government and taxpayers are looking for ways of getting more bang for their


A few tips for Jamie Lee as big 5-0 looms

Opinion: Oh, thank God that I’m not invited to Jamie Lee Curtis’s 50th birthday bash. And I use that word


People’s right to know is sacred

Opinion: Tom Blanton wasn’t nuts when he told a room full of open-government fans to act squirrely.


A shield law, please

Opinion: Scripps Howard: The stars have aligned for a federal shield law for journalists. It’s hardly a