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A little deregulation went a long way

Opinion: For about the past 30 years, our nation has been traveling the deregulation highway, a road with no


Party endorsement draws a blank stare

Opinion: What if you asked people to attend a party with the enticement that something good could happen to


Signs point to presidential run by Bloomberg

Opinion: WASHINGTON — If you thought Sen. Barack Obama’s victory in the Iowa caucuses was historic and Sen.


Reasons for hope and fear in Iraq

Opinion: Iraq is back. The story is back on Page One and back in the presidential primaries. Has any


Presidential election awakens sleeping giant of discontent

Opinion: Presidential election awakens sleeping giant of discontent EDITOR: In the recently completed


The smear campaign state

The smear campaign state Scripps Howard News Service: Perhaps it was because consultant Lee


YMHA must cast wide net in search for new director

YMHA must cast wide net in search for new director The future course of neighborhood and community


Do not overestimate fears of Iran

Opinion: As President Bush traveled through the Middle East, the prevailing assumption was that Arab states


LBJ merits credit from Clinton on civil rights

Opinion: WASHINGTON — It probably was inevitable that sometime during the increasingly acrimonious campaign


Old remedies won’t cure recession of 2008

Opinion: In a normal recession, the to-do list is clear. Copies of Keynes are dusted off, the Fed lowers


“American financial mismanagement has brought us to this economic meltdown. Asian stock

Opinion: “American financial mismanagement has brought us to this economic meltdown. Asian stock markets are


A very unfunny Monkey

A very unfunny Monkey Scripps Howard News Service: In the entertainment-starved Persian Gulf,


Right of workers to vote privately is threatened

Opinion: As American voters go to the polls to select the Republican and Democratic presidential nominees,


Hillary’s exquisite sensitivity bites her

Opinion: WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton’s campaign, useful at last, has in recent days added to the nation’s


Supreme Court backs con men over honest investors

Supreme Court backs con men over honest investors It is interesting that a majority on the