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Senate gets a chance to do the right thing with Cordray

Editorial: In late 2011, a Republican minori- ty in the U.S. Senate shamelessly blocked a vote on President


Fighting for our rights

Opinion: By Lane Filler Newsday Is it possible that if we started focusing more attention on fulfilling


All the carping about the carp is fishy

Opinion: While this newspaper’s editorials have long supported efforts to keep Asian carp out of the Great


A price to be paid

Opinion: By Cathy Young Newsday The recent suicide of 26-year-old computer whiz, Internet activist and


Target street gun violence

Opinion: I can tell that the controversial new NRA shooting-game app is popular for iPhone and iPad users


Obama will fail without solution to debt ceiling

Opinion: Beyond his ringing call to advance the liberties of all Americans and a muted bid to work together,


Picking up your butts isn’t my job

Opinion: Picking up your butts isn’t my job When was the last time you were outside in a public area and


An expensive game of catch up

Opinion: An expensive game of catch up Herald-Dispatch, Huntington, W. Va.: Years of falling short on road


Enforce the law, then ask for more

Opinion: Enforce the law, then ask for more One point made by oppo- nents of further gun control is that


Free trade costly

Opinion: By William A. COLLINS OtherWords The Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade agreement, being


Illinois’ pension crisis grows

Opinion: Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat: If you think that Illinois’ pension crisis doesn’t really concern


Economic freedom is on the wane

Opinion: By Ed Feulner Heritage Foundation “Land of the free.” It’s right there in our national anthem.


Armstrong hasn’t earned right to return to competitive riding

Editorial: As acts of contrition go, Lance Armstrong’s failed to meet the test of penitent — just as he failed


Obama issues a call to arms

Opinion: On the eve of Inauguration Day, White House political strategist David Plouffe promised that


Pushing the envelope on eminent domain

Opinion: NORFOLK, Va. A drearily familiar dialectic is on display here: Government is behaving badly in