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Beware of ornery bulls bearing gifts

Opinion: During the past 18 years of my retirement, I have made over 500 trips to my favorite photo hunting


Doubts about Romney remain

Opinion: Mitt Romney gave his long-anticipated speech about religion, which he called “Faith in America.”


“When he first came in the house, he was introverted, a troubled young man who was like a lost

Opinion: “When he first came in the house, he was introverted, a troubled young man who was like a lost pound


There are flaws in the report on Iran

Opinion: Rarely has a document from the supposedly hidden world of intelligence had such an impact as the


Even a flawed intel report offers U.S. new perspective

Even a flawed intel report offers U.S. new perspective There are various ways of looking at the


New Iran report offers hope for future

Opinion: By deflating so much of the hyperbole around the issue, the National Intelligence Estimate offers an


Loaded for bear in Sudan

Opinion: Thoughts at large: I still don’t get why the streets of Khartoum were filled with men named


Parallels between Dec. 7 and Sept. 11

Opinion: Pearl Harbor continues to reverberate. Dec. 7, 1941, shocked an insular America into joining the


Attention shoppers: A primer on gift-buying

Opinion: A good gift is a beautiful thing, but a bad one is a memory forever. Bad gifts provide an


Ancient mischief haunts Harlem

Opinion: HARLEM (or maybe not) — Asked whether his brownstone residence is in Harlem, the Rev. Michel


“This was a final shot to those who, in the past several years, spread a sense of threat and

Opinion: “This was a final shot to those who, in the past several years, spread a sense of threat and concern


Struthers schools earn praise for turning finances around

When you are one of 10 school districts in the state — and one of only two in the Mahoning Valley —


Gay rights battle raging in California

Opinion: Current California law makes it illegal for schools to offer instruction or an activity that


Peace in Iraq? Hardly

Opinion: Dallas Morning News: In January, when Presi-dent Bush announced his strategy to pour more U.S.


It’s smart to stay above the fray in Iowa

Opinion: Our politics lesson for today is tertius gaudens — Latin for “the happy third.” That is, the one who