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Valley enters 2015 expecting good things from the racino and the Air Reserve Station

Editorial: As 2014 came to a close, there were two stories that certainly justify our continued attention given


Justice was served in Virginia

Opinion: WASHINGTON Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell deserved to be indicted for taking thousands of


Can we ‘save’ Darfur again?

Opinion: By Scott Warren The Philadelphia Inquirer Recent news out of the Darfur region of Sudan has been


Don’t forget the wins in 2014

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords While last year’s voters put a pack of reactionaries in charge of


Saudi Arabia is vulnerable

Opinion: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: A confluence of elements, some endemic and some new, may be in the process


‘Cannabis crazy’ just doesn’t describe legalization of weed

Opinion: By Susan Shapiro Los Angeles Times In 2014, our country went cannabis crazy, bringing to 18 the


National Service? You first

Opinion: By John M. CRISP Tribune News Service Here’s an idea that periodically develops traction across


Will Republican majority in Congress make a difference?

Opinion: By Cokie Roberts and Steven V. ROBERTS Universal UClick “There are two kinds of people in


‘Equality’ racket fuels strife

Opinion: Some time ago, burglars in England scrawled a message on the wall of a home they had looted: ”RICH


Death penalty must be serious option in Boston bombing trial

Editorial: Twenty months ago, shock and horror shook the nation at the ghastly sights and sounds of bombs


We’re still struggling with 1960s

Opinion: The powerful film “Selma” is stirring audiences across the country with its compelling portrayal of


Falling gas prices is a boon

Opinion: By Kevin G. HALL McClatchy Washington Bureau WASHINGTON If oil and gasoline prices remain at


More volunteers needed

Opinion: Journal & Courier, Lafayette, Ind.: As we tend to do in so many ways, Hoosiers are about right in


US uses its economic power to teach North Korea a lesson

Editorial: It would be naive to expect the mercurial — some would say madcap — dictator of North Korea to


Sen. Corker will be one to watch

Opinion: WASHINGTON Standing at the intersection of three foreign policy crises and a perennial