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Who will you believe — Cal or your lying eyes?

Opinion: Who will you believe — Cal or your lying eyes? EDITOR: In his December 27 column headlined


A nuanced debate on tax policy is necessary

Opinion: In 1988, GOP presidential nominee George H.W. Bush uttered the iconic sound bite, “Read my lips, no


Looking for effective schools? Try Struthers and Bloomfield

Two of the Mahoning Valley’s 50 public high schools are starting 2008 with bragging rights for


“We will not back down until there is a clear solution for the crisis caused by the stolen

Opinion: “We will not back down until there is a clear solution for the crisis caused by the stolen


Be wary of late New Hampshire polls

Opinion: View the New Hampshire polls, you see in the final hours before the voting occurs with a large grain


Huckabee, Obama: A study in contrasts

Opinion: In almost poetic lockstep, Republican and Democratic caucus voters in Iowa rejected the political


Kenya becoming more war-torn as time goes on

KENYA The Standard, Nairobi, Jan. 2: The nation is bleeding. The people are weeping. We are


A better bombshell

A better bombshell Raleigh (N.C.) News & Observer: The Bush administration recently approved what


Today is Monday, Jan. 7, the seventh day of 2008. There are 359 days left in the year. On this date

Opinion: Today is Monday, Jan. 7, the seventh day of 2008. There are 359 days left in the year. On this date


Good year for Lordstown cars

Good year for Lordstown cars It has been a good end of the year for the Lordstown-built Chevrolet


Strickland earns high grade in his first year as governor

When evaluating Gov. Ted Strickland’s past 12 months in office, it is important to keep this fact in


Reason for concern

Opinion: Reason for concern EDITOR: These figures are from the Bureau of Public Debt. They are the total


Scary Pakistan demands new U.S. policy

Opinion: Americans are focused on the presidential primaries, but an election campaign halfway around the


2008 could be the year for strange

Opinion: A year ago, the New Year’s column in this space contained a list of resolutions designed to make the


Conservative movement in the U.S. is in distress

Opinion: WASHINGTON — Like Job after losing his camels and acquiring boils, the conservative movement is in