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How can police dispute city's dismal crime ranking?

Opinion: How can police dispute city's dismal crime ranking? EDITOR: Youngstown's crime index ranks near


Ignoring the centrists hurts

Opinion: Dallas Morning News: It's admittedly unusual to praise dirty trickster Richard Nixon when


Obama is not qualified to be president

Opinion: Perhaps nothing so captures the superficial, frivolous and irresponsible spirit of our times like


U.S. effort to rebuild Iraq is a disaster

Opinion: I often recall a meeting in October 2003 in Baghdad with an Iraqi engineer who had a master's from


Clearing the air about issues 4 and 5 in ohio

Opinion: Clearing the air about issues 4 and 5 in ohio EDITOR: I would like to "clear the air" about


As Allen's star sets, Romney's rises in the Republican presidential skies

Opinion: WASHINGTON -- Even before the votes are counted, over the Republican Party a "thick darkness


School districts need help in meeting responsibilities

Editorial: Another election, another appeal to residents not to punish schoolchildren for the sins of


"You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq."

Opinion: "You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make


Rice sees 'historic transition' worldwide

Opinion: Sitting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in her office recently reminded me of why I loved a


For Ohio Supreme Court: William O'Neill and Ben Espy

Editorial: When Ohio Supreme Court Justice Terrence O'Donnell came in for an interview with the editorial board


Good times not rolling

Opinion: President Bush and his political aides are puzzled by how little credit the White House is getting


"If this siege continues for long, we will resort to actions which I will have no choice but to take, God willing, and when the time is right."

Opinion: "If this siege continues for long, we will resort to actions which I will have no choice but to


Probes netting bigger fish

Opinion: Dallas Morning News: Most of us would love to turn back the clock. If we could, many would run