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Veep should be ready to serve on Day 1

Opinion: No sooner had John McCain wrapped up the Republican presidential nomination than the inevitable


Penguins on the brink

Opinion: Antarctic penguins have fascinated people since they were first discovered by Magellan’s expedition


Nation still at risk 25 years later

Opinion: If an unfriendly power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that


Tai-Chi event will be Saturday in Warren

Opinion: WARREN — The public is invited when World Chinese Tai-Chi/Chi-Gong Day is observed at 10 a.m.


Saving for gas to get to the poorhouse

Opinion: WASHINGTON — Will Rogers said that this would be the only country to ride to the poorhouse in a


Gas tax is a bad target

Gas tax is a bad target Kansas City Star: Politicians love to pander to American motorists, often


Abuse and crimes define polygamy

Opinion: Victoria Prunty knows women like this, wearing their long pioneer dresses and talking on TV last


“The farther you get from the wellhead, the greater the misery. There’s a lot of

Opinion: “The farther you get from the wellhead, the greater the misery. There’s a lot of stations across the


If you want to go to college, pay for it

Opinion: A front-page headline in the New York Times captures much of the economic confusion of our time:


Congress has produced well-crafted housing stimulus

Opinion: Presidential candidates insist that Washington needs fixing, and we in the commentariat love to


YSU takes on an obligation that we hope it can afford

Editorial: YSU takes on an obligation that we hope it can afford The Youngstown State University


New generation begins rise to leadership

Opinion: Why now? Why is it this year, 2008, that we have the first serious black contender for president?


“I believe his humility and dedication to God and church will be felt for years to come.

Opinion: “I believe his humility and dedication to God and church will be felt for years to come. He’s going


A missed opportunity

Opinion: San Jose Mercury News: President Bush attempted to wrap himself in green with his Rose Garden speech


There’s irony in lethal injection ruling

Opinion: The Supreme Court has ruled 7-2 that the death penalty by lethal injection in Kentucky, which uses a