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“This is a huge disappointment. It goes against the values that stand behind NATO. It’s

Opinion: “This is a huge disappointment. It goes against the values that stand behind NATO. It’s very much


Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Jan. 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968

Editorial: Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Jan. 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968 Most Americans can’t remember the Rev.


Local companies also stiffed by Clinton

Opinion: The presidential campaign of U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton not paying a number of small


On the side

Opinion: on the side


Bare-knuckle politics and the popular vote

Opinion: At any time other than in the midst of a heated electoral battle, it’s hard to imagine that Nancy


Big Oil denies responsibility for skyrocketing gas prices

Editorial: Americans hoping to hear the nation’s leading oil industry executives say that lower gas prices are


‘CEO Bush’ failed in management of Iraq

Opinion: We soon will hear Gen. David Petraeus outline the next course of action in Iraq. The field commander


Obama’s ‘double life’ pointed out by hypocritical media

Opinion: Obama’s ‘double life’ pointed out by hypocritical media EDITOR: In Thomas Sowell’s March 19


Adelson’s roll of the dice keeps paying off

Opinion: LAS VEGAS — Warren Buffett, of course, and then Bill Gates, but can you name the third-richest


Cubans get to check in

Opinion: It speaks volumes about Cuban socialism that allowing ordinary people to stay in their nation’s own


Let the housing chips fall where they will

Opinion: The economic crisis enters a new and more dangerous phase daily, and Americans of all levels of


Niles public meeting on school building plans set for Thursday

Opinion: NILES—The first of three public meetings on proposed major building projects for the Niles public


Stranded passengers must look to Congress for relief

Editorial: Stranded passengers must look to Congress for relief U.S. airlines won a battle the other day in


Society’s safety net needs mending

Opinion: Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey once asked, “If Social Security is such a great program, why


Iraqi leader blunders in Basra

Opinion: As U.S. personnel hunkered down in Baghdad’s Green Zone under rocket barrages and TV screens flashed