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Why the attack on food stamps?

Opinion: Why the attack on food stamps? Cleveland Plain Dealer: If it’s not broke, Congress shouldn’t try


Silent generation’s call to arms

Opinion: Silent generation’s call to arms We are called the silent generation, those of us born between


Churchill had it right on Islamic extremism

Opinion: Following the hacking death of a British soldier by two alleged Islamic extremists, Prime Minister


‘Fangirls’ fall for bombing suspect

Opinion: By Charlotte Allen Los Angeles Times OK, so Dzhokhar Tsarnaev stands accused of blowing up


IRS should enforce the law evenly, not through profiling

Editorial: At its heart, the IRS scandal fac- ing the Obama administration is a case of profiling. The


Politics as usual in Washington

Opinion: Politics as usual in Washington Have you been paying at- tention to the politics coming out of


Manning is modern-day Ben Franklin

Opinion: By Russ Castronovo McClatchy-Tribune Bradley Manning should call Benjamin Franklin to his


Legislature should heed Kasich

Opinion: Legislature should heed Kasich Toledo Blade: Mother’s Day is over for the year, but the health-


Here are five rules a Weiner should live by

Opinion: By Gina Barreca Hartford Courant Anthony Weiner, I’m looking at you, so stop tweeting for a


VA is failing America’s veterans

Opinion: Miami Herald: On this Memorial Day, the plight of Americans who have borne the burden of fighting


On this solemn holiday, let’s keep ‘Memorial’ in Memorial Day

Editorial: Unlike many Americans, Samantha Daehling knows painfully well the solemn purpose of today’s


Days of scooters and scooting

Opinion: As the Great Depression was winding down, I received my first great toy, a scooter with a foot


Lessons to lessen readmissions

Opinion: By Beth Ann Swan Los Angeles Times In 2011, my husband, Eric, was felled by a brain-stem stroke


Obama needs to cooperate in IRS probe

Opinion: Message to the president: Resistance is futile. There are plenty of juicy targets for


Specter of recent wars haunts Section 60 at Arlington

Opinion: By ROBERT M. POOLE Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, Va.) McLEAN, Va. Even as America’s longest