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Are black voters being told not to vote?

Opinion: Worse than a preacher telling his congregants how to vote is telling them not to vote at all. That


Not a ranking to crow about

Opinion: The Norman (Okla.) Transcript: State health officials have long predicted that Oklahoma could


Japan still afflicted by tsunami

Opinion: TOKYO Summer took its own sweet time leaving Japan this year. Late into September, workers and


Did US intelligence fail?

Opinion: By Michael Balboni Newsday The attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was a stark


Two less than inspiring choices

Opinion: Two less than inspiring choices Choosing someone for whom to vote for president will for me, once


Far right’s agenda

Opinion: By Deepa Kumar McClatchy-Tribune Let’s be careful not to let the attack on the U.S. consulate in


Support in region grows for commercial air travel

Editorial: While it’s still not certain that the Mahoning Valley will succeed in securing daily commercial air


Let’s count the ways to support new fuel-economy standards

Editorial: New fuel-economy standards for American-made automobiles and light trucks recently adopted by the


Bash Beijing with caution

Opinion: Chicago Tribune: With the election only weeks away, it should come as no surprise that President


Romney bears false witness on motto

Opinion: God first got his 2 cents in about U.S. money in 1864. That’s when the U.S. Mint rolled out the


Tough-love advice simplistic

Opinion: By Barbara Shelly Kansas City Star President Barack Obama has been making the rounds of college


Arctic is melting

Opinion: By Scott Highleyman McClatchy-Tribune September marks the low point each year for melting sea


New reality for Black Caucus

Opinion: SALT LAKE CITY A specter is haunting the Congressional Black Caucus, the specter of integration.


A killer that refuses to die

Opinion: By William A. COLLINS OtherWords Would you believe that 45 million adult Americans still smoke?


Courts slow GOP attack on voting

Opinion: No one who knows U.S. District Court Judge Peter C. Economus (this writer has supported him since he