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'Slain detective helped my son'

Opinion: By PETE EARLEY SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON -- Fairfax County, Va., Police


'Da Vinci Code' taps into spiritual hunger

Opinion: By PAT McDONOUGH SPECIAL TO NEWSDAY Forty million hardcover copies have been sold, the paperback


U.S. makes right call on phone records

Opinion: By RICHARD A. FALKENRATH SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON -- On Thursday, USA Today


What does it mean to be human?

Opinion: Over the last few months, as the national debate on immigration reform has moved from legislative


Is there a generic Indian word for greed?

Opinion: The jokesters call them "Katrina cottages" and there are 10,000 sitting empty in Hope, Ark.


"When something like that happens, you lose the ability to care about anything."

Opinion: "When something like that happens, you lose the ability to care about anything." Steve Vaught On


Is Gen. Michael Hayden best fit to lead troubled CIA?

Editorial: Washington and the nation are abuzz over hearings to begin this week in the U.S. Senate on the


Real reform costs too much politically

Opinion: By JAMES P. PINKERTON NEWSDAY How to keep track of all the scandals afflicting Congress? And


Private pension system is in trouble

Opinion: By JOHN HALL MEDIA GENERAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON -- There was something almost poignant last


WTO Trade Talks faltering

Opinion: JAPAN Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo, May 9: The ongoing Doha round of global trade talks under the World


Today in History

Opinion: Today is Monday, May 15, the 135th day of 2006. There are 230 days left in the year. On this date in


Arena deal gives Youngstown a hand with debt repayment

Editorial: By bolstering its financial commitment to the Chevrolet Centre, Global Entertainment Corp. has


Vatican, China back to the era of distrust

Opinion: By SETH FAISON LOS ANGELES TIMES When Mao Tse-tung and his Communist forces swept across China


HOW HE SEES IT Moussaoui's antics are nothing new

Opinion: Zacarias Moussaoui's request to withdraw his guilty plea is not a surprise. His bizarre conduct


Misinformation, speculation fuel anxiety at Forum Health

Opinion: Misinformation, speculation fuel anxiety at Forum Health EDITOR: As an employee at Forum Health,