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Pay more attention to lunches

Opinion: Pay more attention to lunches An excellent letter to the editor last Sunday by Richard J.


Dems get heard on elections

Opinion: COLUMBUS There was shouting and chanting at the Statehouse last week, but it wasn’t over GOP-


Better bet on transparency

Opinion: The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa.: The Corbett administration is moving to ensure that Pennsylvanians


Diamond-rich African nation has made a select few wealthy

Editorial: In many COUNTRIES IN AFRICA, dia- monds are a dictator’s best friend. Not only are the precious


New Thanksgiving tradition

Opinion: By Foon Rhee Sacramento Bee Call me old-fashioned, but the plan by major big-box retailers to


In wake of Warren shoot out, go after the Detroit gangsters

Editorial: Time will tell more of the story behind the motive in the shooting death of Marco Dukes, 32, and


Obama’s message: Ante up

Opinion: WASHINGTON As the debt ceiling loomed last year, President Obama believed Republicans had him over


Marijuana laws no pipe dream

Opinion: Marijuana laws no pipe dream Philadelphia Inquirer: After his state became one of two where


Why did Petraeus resign?

Opinion: The resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus over an extramarital affair has raised and will


Petraeus made a human mistake

Opinion: CAIRO, Egypt The sudden resignation of David Petraeus as CIA director over an affair makes me very


The ‘many’ no longer ‘one’

Opinion: If you have a dollar bill handy, take it out and look at the back of it. While I’m sure you’ve


All votes not created equal

Opinion: In elections, every vote counts. But as we know in Ohio, a key swing state, some votes count more


Obama will reshape Cabinet

Opinion: “Second terms are hard work,” a veteran of the Bill Clinton White House told me Tuesday. “It’s a


Democracy passed test in election

Opinion: Voters had to wait in line too long in some places, the election cost way too much money. The entire


Savings from worker buyouts should be used for demolition

Editorial: It may seem that Youngstown Mayor Charles Sammarone has a one-track mind on the issue of housing