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Buying local food can get you in a pickle

Opinion: WASHINGTON — The English colonists were grateful to live to see their first harvest in the New


Courts must work to avoid messes that are avoidable

Opinion: Courts must work to avoid messes that are avoidable EDITOR: Hardly a day goes by without a


Sound bytes cross-dress as debates

Opinion: When used as a noun, the word debate means, “A discussion involving opposing points of view.” Using


Congress and White House need to move on S-CHIP

The ongoing inability of Democrats and Republicans in Congress to reach an agreement with President


Beware of imports that wear American disguises

Opinion: Beware of imports that wear American disguises EDITOR: Lead poisoned toys, toothpaste, pet food


Case of the missing fingerprint evidence

Opinion: A trial judge in Maryland recently ruled that the prosecution couldn’t use fingerprint evidence in a


Don’t quit; momentum is behind U.S. in Iraq

Opinion: When Sheikh Abdul Sattar Abu Risha was assassinated Sept. 13 in Ramadi, there were fears that the


Fewer Latin Americans attend U.S. colleges

Opinion: Here’s a new statistic that should sound alarm bells in Latin America: The region is falling


Is Al-Maliki’s corruption worth American lives?

Opinion: Two truths have emerged from Iraq in recent months. First, corruption is so pervasive in Prime


Memo to Youngstown BOE on why school levy failed

Opinion: Memo to Youngstown BOE on why school levy failed EDITOR: Did you get the message? The vote


City Hall doesn’t understand the entertainment business

City Hall doesn’t understand the entertainment business As Youngstown conducts a nationwide search


When the CIA comes calling on private sector

Opinion: When I was director of Central Intelligence during President Clinton’s first term, I had occasion to


Conference on Mideast looks to be doomed

Opinion: JERUSALEM — In a bold speech broadcast on national television last week, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert


Animosities breed inaction in D.C.

Opinion: WASHINGTON — Americans shouldn’t expect much relief from the nation’s problems for the next 14


No, no, no to ban on ‘Ho, ho, ho’

Opinion: Most rappers (and Don Imus) would not make a good Santa Claus . Their “hos” — even in the jolly