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Supreme Court should stop silliness in Girard city court

Editorial: Just a couple of days after we urged Ohio Chief Justice Thomas Moyer to get involved in the


Congress confronts ethical dilemma

Opinion: WASHINGTON -- The late Earl Long of Louisiana was correct: Politicians are not averse to ethics, he


Today is Tuesday, Dec. 19, the 353rd day of 2006. There are 12 days left in the year. On this date in 1843, "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens, is first published in England.

Opinion: Today is Tuesday, Dec. 19, the 353rd day of 2006. There are 12 days left in the year. On this date


Today is Monday, Dec. 18, the 352nd day of 2006. There are 13 days left in the year. On this date in 1944, in a pair of rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court upholds the wartime relocation of Japanese-

Opinion: Today is Monday, Dec. 18, the 352nd day of 2006. There are 13 days left in the year. On this date in


300 innocents killed at Wounded Knee

Opinion: While Americans agonize over the contents of the Iraq Study Group and weigh the options of


JAPAN

Opinion: JAPAN Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo, on six-party talks: For the first time since November 2005, the six-


McCain, Romney have time to evolve

Opinion: WASHINGTON -- During the 1956 presidential campaign, comedian Mort Sahl said: "Eisenhower stands for


Today, steel jobs are lost; what about tomorrow?

Editorial: The International Trade Commission in Washington is sacrificing the U.S. steel industry on the altar


Iraq's refugee crisis coming to light

Opinion: Several weeks ago, I wrote about an Iraqi Christian friend who fled his home for neighboring Jordan.


The road to Damascus

Opinion: Scripps Howard News Service: Throughout most of President Bush's tenure, the White House kept a


Control immigration at work rather than at the border

Editorial: If the government is serious about cracking down on illegal immigration it will do more of what


Ryan's panel assignment speaks well of work ethic

Editorial: While the comparisons to the late Congressman Michael Kirwan may be premature -- two terms do not a


Let's keep Christ out of commerce

Opinion: The e-mail came from a well-meaning and locally respected physician. His concern? The use of the


The greening of E. coli

Opinion: Scripps Howard News Service: Food poisoning, it seems, has become a moving target for health


Vindicator file photo

Opinion: Vindicator file photo SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO: Santa Claus arrived in Youngstown in the most