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A potent superbug

Opinion: By Sara Cosgrove and Ramanan Laxminarayan McClatchy-Tribune This past summer in Colorado,


Phony gesture of ‘freedom’

Opinion: The Tennessean, Nashville, Tenn.: A bad idea is a bad idea, no matter how many times you say it.


Cardinals confront crises as they meet to elect pope

Editorial: Catholics disillusioned with the Roman Catholic hierarcy can find solace in the willingness of the


Washington was really grim once

Opinion: WASHINGTON “When I first met Richard Nixon,” Robert Bork says in the book he completed a few weeks


It’s time ‘pro-life’ meant gun control

Opinion: By Thomas P. MELADY The Hartford Courant Politicians usually talk about being pro-life when it


Washington was really grim once

Opinion: WASHINGTON “When I first met Richard Nixon,” Robert Bork says in the book he completed a few weeks


Obama can be peacemaker

Opinion: By Lewis W. DIUGUID The Kansas City Star President Barack Obama finally has a chance to live up


Don’t be fooled into believing deceit of gun-show loophole

Opinion: Don’t be fooled into believing deceit of gun-show loophole National gun registra- tion and the so-


Friends of Nitro must unite to enact animal justice soon

Editorial: Tens of thousands of animal lovers throughout Ohio and around the world are sick and tired of the


Religion in America has been privatized to great extent

Opinion: KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ Universal Uclick “Here in the hall, she casts an unlikely silhouette —


Kerry has own style of diplomacy

Opinion: The metaphor became a clever laugh line even before John Kerry took the reins of the State


Tanning war heats up

Opinion: News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.: On this side, the American Sunbathing Association, representing


Work in the office rule is a good call

Opinion: By Barbara Shelly Kansas City Star The new chief executive of Yahoo spoke, and a nation of


Talk about a racket

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords While we sports fans regularly lionize the stars of pro baseball,


Obama is a serial tax-hiker

Opinion: By Robert Bluey Heritage Foundation President Obama is crisscrossing the country to scare