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Rice may be too late in Mideast

Opinion: It’s one of the more remarkable turnarounds of the Bush team. After seven years of letting the


Parents are more important to kids than schools, money

Opinion: Parents are more important to kids than schools, money EDITOR: There is a continual barrage of


Mayoral race in Campbell has new twist

Opinion: Only a few weeks ago it looked like F. Anthony Fontes was going to give Campbell Mayor John Dill a serious challenge and quite possibly beat the incumbent next month.


“I don’t want to be invited to the family hunting party.”

Opinion: “I don’t want to be invited to the family hunting party.” Sen. Barack Obama On “The Tonight Show


’60s rhetoric about crime heard today

Opinion: Oakland, Calif., continues to suffer the high crime rate, and especially the high murder rate, which


Wrong time for a resolution on century-old genocide

Wrong time for a resolution on century-old genocide In a perfect world, there would be no


Social Security needs fixing

Opinion: Social Security needs fixing Kansas City Star: It’s time for the country to sober up about how


INF treaty danger to U.S. and Russia

Opinion: Twenty years ago this December, President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed the only


Be fully informed before getting flu vaccination

Opinion: Be fully informed before getting flu vaccination EDITOR: Going to a flu shot clinic sponsored


It is a myth that crack’s different from cocaine

Opinion: Should judges have the discretion to depart from severe sentencing guidelines if they lead to unjust


Get ready to lead

Opinion: The Orlando Sentinel: The federal budget deficit has come down for the third year in a row. But this


“We know each other, and we have developed, I think, a very close friendship — something

Opinion: “We know each other, and we have developed, I think, a very close friendship — something like a


Strong field bodes well for Boardman schools

When a school district jumps two ratings in the state report card to join an exclusive club of


Liberals fuzzy on arithmetic and logic

Opinion: WASHINGTON — Explaining a simple proposal to help people squirrel away gold for their golden years,


2008 surely is the year for Al Gore

Opinion: Even before winning the Nobel Peace Prize, former Vice President Al Gore was better positioned than