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Washington must act on nuclear waste depository

Editorial: What do a U.S. Appeals Court ruling in August and a truck hijacking in December have in common?


Williams handles himself well

Opinion: Former Youngstown Mayor Jay Williams’ hearing in front of the Senate Committee on Environment and


Role of higher education

Opinion: The Gainesville (Fla.) Sun: In the same week that the University of Florida was recognized for being


Extreme executive discretion

Opinion: WASHINGTON Congressional Republicans’ long-simmering dismay about Barack Obama’s offenses against


A travesty of justice, and a mockery of the court system

Editorial: Sixteen-year-old Ethan Couch, a member of a wealthy North Texas family, has been taught a valuable


There’s still time to give

Opinion: Minot Daily News, Minot, N.D.: Christmas is days away. No doubt many area residents wish they had


Cost of health-care insurance has no reason to keep rising

Opinion: Cost of health-care insurance has no reason to keep rising 222In 1983, Congress passed the Tax


Cause for concern

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords It’s a scary world out there, with global terrorists plotting to


Youngstown fire Chief O’Neill getting creative in recruitment

Editorial: Ohio cities are constantly fac- ing challenges in recruiting new members for their safety forces who


A bum year in Washington

Opinion: WASHINGTON What a massively disappointing year, and how slim the hopes for a more productive


Stipends for college athletes

Opinion: Tulsa World, Tulsa, Okla. There always has been and likely always will be an unfair advantage held


Failure to extend jobless aid will make life tough for many

Editorial: With the U.S. House of Repre- sentatives adjourned for the Christmas holidays, more than 1 million


Why is the US purchasing Russian-made helicopters?

Editorial: The U.S. has been involved in the hostilities in Afghanistan longer than any other war in this


Raising the minimum wage in US is an iffy proposition

Opinion: “It’s not true that life is one damn thing after another — it’s one damn thing over and over.”


Don’t close the commissaries

Opinion: Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.: The notion that the Pentagon would close all stateside military