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Illinois schools face challenges

Opinion: Belleville News-Democrat: The names and the numbers change, but the story is the same: School


Let the people speak

Opinion: Let the people speak Most Canfield residents do not attend meetings of city council or


Bunnies are not toys

Opinion: By Lindsay Pollard-Post People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Easter is on its way, and


Congress too supine to govern

Opinion: “President Obama has arguably established the authority of the president to intervene militarily


In a nation at war, defense is everyone’s duty

Opinion: By Mark Shields Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, Va.) WASHINGTON Years before he was to be


On second thought ...

Opinion: On second thought ... Toledo Blade: Gov. John Kasich stumbled into candor last week on the topic


The Sixth Amendment’s promise of a fair trial fades

Editorial: The United States reached a mile mark 50 years ago when the Supreme Court of the United States


Iraq War: We were gullible

Opinion: The nation was awash last week in stories about the 10th anniversary of the start of the Iraq War.


What did Obama achieve?

Opinion: President Obama gave a great speech in Jerusalem last week. He promised again to prevent a


‘Me too’ Republicans on wrong track

Opinion: Many ideas presented as “new” are just rehashes of old ideas that have been tried before — and have


Story unfair to payday lenders

Opinion: Story unfair to payday lenders What a shame that jour- nalism students at The University of Akron


Water resources in US are shrinking

Opinion: By Danielle Nierenberg McClatchy-Tribune March 22 was World Water Day, and here in the United


Difficult journey ending well for the economy of the Valley

Editorial: Several months ago, an executive of a national oil and gas company that’s investing hundreds of


Sequester hurting Congress

Opinion: Think the automatic budget cuts Congress ordered at the beginning of March — the so-called sequester


Closures would hurt defense

Opinion: Minot Daily News, Minot, N.D.: The idea of a new round of military base closings has surfaced again