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Reps. Ryan, Wilson face weak challengers

Opinion: Republicans have candidates for congressional seats held by U.S. Reps. Tim Ryan and Charlie Wilson, but neither appear to be serious threats to the Democratic incumbents.

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Add science to the topics for debate

Opinion: Whether the issue is global warming, embryonic stem-cell research, ballistic missile defense or the


Sexism rears its ugly head in election

Opinion: BOSTON — And so we gather to praise the old feminazi hunter himself. Rush Limbaugh has single-


Give yourself the gift of contentment

Opinion: Thanksgiving is supposed to be about gratitude and Christmas about ... what? Getting more stuff we


It’s up to Austintown board to make strike a short one

The last thing anyone should want in Austintown is a teachers strike. But if one comes, the


‘Compass’ author not the only one worthy of criticism

Opinion: EDITOR: I sympathize with the letter critical of Philip Pullman, author of “The Golden Compass,”


Needed: a vocabulary that is more sensitive to disabled

Opinion: Needed: a vocabulary that is more sensitive to disabled EDITOR: At a time in history when “we


As we grieve, let us also learn from tragic accident

As we grieve, let us also learn from tragic accident Last weekend’s accidental shooting death of a


Congress creates a tempest in teapot

Opinion: WASHINGTON — The dilemma is of such magnitude that there really may never be a satisfactory answer


Torturous logic on a clear moral issue

Opinion: In this Christmas season of peace, love and goodwill, we find ourselves debating, in Washington and


The U.S. finally has a coherent Iraq policy, but hurdles remain

Opinion: BAGHDAD — Last Thursday, Gen. David Petraeus addressed a gathering of hundreds of Sunni sheiks in


Books make the best gift for children

Opinion: If you want to buy a special Christmas gift for a child, especially one in poverty, buy a good book


Academia paying the price for caving in

Opinion: There is an article in the current issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education — the trade


Questions for Musharraf and Bush

Opinion: One of us chairs a House of Representatives subcommittee tasked with oversight of U.S. foreign


Terrorists training in Iraq

Opinion: The Orange County Register: The bombings last Tuesday in Algiers, at a United Nations compound and