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Being poor in America doesn’t mean tough life

Opinion: The poverty rate in America has declined, not a lot, but some, and for the first time in 10 years,


It’s time to quit whining

Opinion: It’s time to quit whining EDITOR: In recent weeks, there has been much discussion and blather


Power struggle in Pakistan has terror war as a subtext

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, now in exile in Britain, is planning to return to his


Poverty in the U.S. might get worse

Opinion: If you were shocked by last week’s U.S. Census figures showing that there are more than 36.5 million


John Q. Public taking a financial beating

Opinion: America’s low- and middle-income families are taking a financial drubbing, and the White House is in


War was the answer in Europe in 1944

Opinion: OMAHA BEACH, Normandy — On a bluff above the sand and a half a mile from the ocean’s edge at low


Enjoy the day; you earned it

It’s only appropriate that millions of Americans are getting the day off today — Labor Day —


Yes, that was a win-win game

Ohio State University Coach Jim Tressel did something former OSU Coach John Cooper never would. He


Labor Day marks bad news for laborers

Opinion: Americans used to take pride in our shared prosperity and strong middle class. For the first 30


“Embarrassing, embarrassing. No wonder why we’re going down the tubes. ... I guess

Opinion: “Embarrassing, embarrassing. No wonder why we’re going down the tubes. ... I guess I’m gonna say I’m


Be best at who you are, not who you are not

Opinion: “You can be anything you want to be, if you work hard enough.” My daughter once wrote in an essay


U.S. needs a national right-to-work law

Opinion: TEMECULA, Calif. — Americans will skip work today to celebrate what really should be called Leisure


American society has issues with gays

Opinion: WASHINGTON — He was an important political figure, arrested for engaging in lewd conduct in a public


Vindicator file photos

Opinion: Vindicator file photos FIFTY YEARS AGO: Scenes from the 1957 Canfield Fair: Top left, Bob


More police on the streets means less crime

Opinion: For the second year in a row, violent crime has risen nationwide. The rate for 2006 indicates a