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End job discrimination

Opinion: Kansas City Star: A recent poll found that 77 percent of Republicans believe it is wrong for


A ban on Chinese goods isn’t child’s play

Opinion: I try not to roll my eyes at anybody, even politicians. But when Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.,


Gray hair: The divide between the genders

Opinion: There’s a new book out getting lots of attention because it’s by a 49-year-old woman who did


Intolerance in the name of tolerance

Opinion: I would not be as bothered by Columbia University's decision to host Iran's President Mahmoud


Mideast talks need concrete plans fast

Opinion: Is it a peace conference? Where will it be held, and what’s its purpose? It’s the biggest Mideast


‘Those people’ and us

Opinion: When someone employs the phrase “those people” — as if they are a distinct species from the speaker


U.S. outsources war to foreign civilians

Opinion: From the time a soldier wakes up until it’s time to sleep, he or she interacts with civilian


Wife of former police chief in Craig Beach sounds off

Opinion: Wife of former police chief in Craig Beach sounds off EDITOR: Having read your Sept. 21 article


“In Iran we don’t have homosexuals like in your country. We don’t have that like

Opinion: “In Iran we don’t have homosexuals like in your country. We don’t have that like in your country.”


Disappearing family hour

Opinion: Chicago Tribune: In 1975, national broadcasters tried to ward off possible government intervention


Mahoning County pays to get out of a bad deal

Had commissioners rejected the $913,590 settlement that resulted in the Cafaro Co.’s dropping its


Stakes are huge in strike against General Motors

The Mahoning Valley has an enormous stake in the United Auto Workers strike against General Motors.


Candid talk about autism on Oprah Winfrey’s show

Opinion: Candid talk about autism on Oprah Winfrey’s show EDITOR: Something really amazing happened last


“This closure from the Iranian side will have a bad effect on the economic situation of the

Opinion: “This closure from the Iranian side will have a bad effect on the economic situation of the Kurdish


Petraeus can take care of himself

Opinion: The $65,000 that MoveOn.org invested in its full page “General Betray Us” ad in The New York Times