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Presidential candidates ask the questions

Opinion: In a rare campaign happening, the bandwagons of all three surviving presidential candidates left the


History club has children’s event set for Saturday

Opinion: YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Historical Center will have its Children’s History Club from noon to 3


Raise the level of politcal discourse

Opinion: In Abraham Lincoln’s first Inaugural Address, the 16th president appealed to the “better angels of


40 years after riots, violence still reigns in Youngstown

Editorial: Forty years ago this week, National Guard tanks rumbled onto the streets of Youngstown to quell


Iran is crucial to any Iraq solution

Opinion: It’s too bad Gen. David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker have to schlepp all the way from


A commitment to free trade

A commitment to free trade Scripps Howard News Service: President Bush has sent the U.S.-Colombia


Business and colleges share stake in Ohio’s future

Opinion: Business and colleges share stake in Ohio’s future EDITOR: A key element emphasized in the


YSU will seek sports equipment for city children

Opinion: YSU will seek sports equipment for city children YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State University’s


Exactly which Democrat should get out?

Opinion: Here’s a statement you’re hearing all over the place: one of the Democratic presidential candidates


Democracy a dirty word around the world

Opinion: Freedom, President Bush likes to say, “is a gift of the almighty.” But much of the world now


McCain’s right on housing crisis

Opinion: WASHINGTON — Hurling a compliment at Barack Obama in the hope of wounding him, Hillary Clinton’s


Great idea — for people who don’t need bathroom breaks

Opinion: Great idea — for people who don’t need bathroom breaks EDITOR: I really enjoy watching college


Britain: The ruling party in Zimbabwe

BRITAIN The Independent, London, April 1: The silence from the ruling party in Zimbabwe could mean


A tortured interpretation

Editorial: A tortured interpretation In dozens of speeches, President Bush has said that he has no greater


Earmarks that say oink

Earmarks that say oink Scripps Howard News Service: Last fall, the newly ascendant congressional