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Some light in the darkness

Opinion: By Anne Michaud Newsday With its 140-character limit, Twitter is anything but subtle. A tweet


Portman ideal for veep slot

Opinion: The names of the likeliest Republican vice presidential choices make clear that Mitt Romney won’t be


A certified genius

Opinion: Marvin Hamlisch, 68, the composer-conductor who died Monday in Los Angeles was a certified genius.


New Jersey finds a new way

Opinion: New Jersey finds a new way Los Angeles Times: Just this week, the state of New Jersey proved that


Law on texting and driving is too lenient, unevenly enforced

Editorial: When a family supports lenien- cy for an inattentive driver who caused someone’s death, the judge


Congressional races heat up

Opinion: The elections for the 13th (formerly the 17th) and 14th Congressional Districts positions were


Governor trades on tragedy

Opinion: Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat: Gov. Pat Quinn and his amendatory veto pen are out of control. He


Energy boom benefits Ohio

Opinion: By Linda Waggon Special to The Vindicator The first oil well in Ohio was drilled in Washington


A Golden State train wreck

Opinion: PALO ALTO, Calif. State Sen. Joe Simitian’s district office near Stanford’s campus is nestled


College students being treated as commodities

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Let’s take a trip deep into the magic kingdom of “Laissez Fairyland”


Ohio voters will decide how political districts are created

Editorial: Ohio Republicans have only themselves to blame for the constitutional amendment pertaining to the


A difference of opinion

Opinion: A difference of opinion I must take issue with a letter writer from my community who claimed in


Hate takes a deadly toll at a Wisconsin temple

Editorial: Less than three weeks ago, the na- tion was shocked when an angry young man dressed in SWAT attire


Politics less rational than sports

Opinion: It has long seemed to me that there is far more rationality in sports, and in commentaries on


Dancing health insurance executives?

Opinion: “Perhaps not surprisingly in a country where health care reform is so controversial, it was the