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A pro-U.S. president in Paris?

Opinion: Scripps Howard News Service: The French presidential elections are Sunday, and while technically the


Drinking age of '21' is not a deterrent

Opinion: WASHINGTON -- Public policy often illustrates the law of unintended consequences. Society's


Some things are just too hard to do

Opinion: I just came across a thought-provoking truth. Some writer observed that one of the hardest things


"We're having difficulty finding information about him."

Opinion: "We're having difficulty finding information about him." Larry Hincker Virginia Tech spokesman,


Asian-Americans fear backlash from killings

Opinion: By L.A. CHUNG SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS All day Monday, reeling from the unfolding carnage on the


Virginia Tech killer's depression is the issue

Opinion: By PATTY FISHER SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS Every year, 1,100 college students in America kill


Massacre shows that safety cannot be guaranteed

Opinion: By ROY FERRI WASHINGTON POST My daughter, Colette, never had a babysitter. My wife and I


Ohio's open meetings law must not be watered down

Editorial: In 1982, The Vindicator sued Youngstown City Council to put an end to lawmakers' long-standing


Something new, an inside view

Editorial: Something new, an inside view Every Vindicator endorsement in a local election is based in part on


Melfi has earned re-election as the city of Girard's mayor

Editorial: If James J. Melfi were the chief executive officer of a major corporation and had guided the company


Dollar takes a beating

Opinion: The euro is near a record high against the dollar -- one euro being worth about 1.36 -- and the


Mass murders have a history

Opinion: By JAMES ALAN FOX LOS ANGELES TIMES Mass murder certainly wasn't invented with the 1966 Texas


"I knew when the number was so large that I would know at least one person on that list. I don't want to look at that list. It's just, it's going to be horrible."

Opinion: "I knew when the number was so large that I would know at least one person on that list. I don't