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Youths turn to Islam in Azerbaijan

Opinion: BAKU, Azerbaijan — Ilgar Ibrahimoglu is a popular man these days. Each weekend, more and more young


“Assuming that this case is resolved one way or another, at the end of the case, the stuff

Opinion: “Assuming that this case is resolved one way or another, at the end of the case, the stuff will


Shuba book-signing will be Thursday at YSU

Opinion: YOUNGSTOWN — Greg Gulas, assistant director of student programming at Youngstown State University,


Doing more with less is rare in public sector

Here’s quick brain teaser: Which one of the following items is so glaringly out of the place that it


Dems cannot handle the truth about Iraq

Opinion: The politics of Iraq, tilting strongly against the war for two years, will likely move back toward


Mukasey will be good attorney general

Opinion: WASHINGTON — The judge was running out of patience. It had been three months since he ordered the


Bush will leave Iraq to his successor

Opinion: In his address last week on “the way forward in Iraq,” President Bush omitted the most important


Ohio is turning blue — politically, that is

Opinion: Fourteen months before the November 2008 presidential election, Ohio — a key to winning the


A Russian ‘election’

Opinion: Washington Post: Vladimir Putin’s Russian “democracy” put on a remarkable show this week. On


“The police, since my trouble, have not worked out for me. It just becomes a story about

Opinion: “The police, since my trouble, have not worked out for me. It just becomes a story about O.J.”


Forum’s goal is to build a better health care system

Opinion: Forum’s goal is to build a better health care system EDITOR: Health care is changing in the


Don’t even talk about a recession

Opinion: It’s just barely noticeable at the moment, a slight little tap, tap, tap on the door, but yes,


Hispanics changing face of U.S. politics

Opinion: Whatever you may think about the Sept. 9 presidential forum on the Spanish-language Univision


National debt is still growing; how much can we afford?

For the fifth time since President Bush took office, it has become necessary to increase the limit


“The troop surge is working. The more successful we are, the more American troops can return

Opinion: “The troop surge is working. The more successful we are, the more American troops can return home.”