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New challengers to U.S. include Turkey

Opinion: Imagine: 100 companies, many virtually unknown in the United States, with combined 2006 revenues of


The making of a wrestler

Opinion: “I don’t usually read the wrestling news,” my friend said on the phone, “but I saw your name in the


Advancing use of coal key to America’s future

Opinion: Given the state of our struggling economy, our continuing war in Iraq, and the many other great


Davos attendees favor Obama

Opinion: PARIS — The duel between Hillary Clinton and Barrack Obama commanded almost as much attention at the


Boardman police warn of Internet tax scam

Opinion: BOARDMAN — Township police are warning area residents about an Internet tax scam. Detective


Girard’s traffic camera could be back in action

Opinion: GIRARD — Residents, and even a member of council, railed against the use of an automated camera to


Governor cuts $730 million from budget

Opinion: Gov. Ted Strickland on Thursday announced more than $730 million in budgetary adjustments to counter

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“If this happened in America, it would have been cleared up much faster. America has the

Opinion: “If this happened in America, it would have been cleared up much faster. America has the equipment,


Devil of stimulus package in the details

Opinion: Both political parties seem determined that the federal government should create a “stimulus


Turn out the lights

Turn out the lights Scripps Howard News Service: Politics is an honorable and, in a democracy,


Good man and good trooper is treated unfairly by patrol

Opinion: Good man and good trooper is treated unfairly by patrol EDITOR: Recently an old story hit front


Obama will lead Dems out of the desert

Opinion: For the better part of a year, I have been bumping into Michael Walzer, our nation’s pre-eminent


Few can afford to follow Ivy League

Opinion: WASHINGTON — One would think the move by the nation’s most elite colleges and universities to become


Missing Monday night: an honest assessment

Editorial: Missing Monday night: an honest assessment The most enthusiastic response to President Bush’s


GOP retreats from core principles

Opinion: The aptly named Republican “retreat” last weekend at the ritzy Greenbrier resort in West Virginia