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Karzai’s brothers corrupt

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Our national leaders’ rationale for investing so much money and so


Annan’s plan for Syria dead

Opinion: Kofi Annan, who’s been assigned the hopeless task of resolving the Syrian crisis by diplomacy, is


Romney has arithmetic problem

Opinion: Here’s an issue that hasn’t been debated much in the presidential campaign but ought to be: How much


A boost to the entire city

Opinion: Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, Iowa: On the prairie, it’s difficult to believe an interactive water


Why the flap over combining building inspection services?

Editorial: The merger of Youngstown and Mahoning County building inspection departments seemed like such a no-


Watergate lessons ignored

Opinion: By Brian Gilmore McClatchy-Tribune We need to recall the lessons of Watergate. Forty years ago


People in Warren made a year away from home an adventure

Opinion: People in Warren made a year away from home an adventure I arrived in Warren in the be- ginning of


Get food stamps in better shape

Opinion: By Jillian Michaels McClatchy-Tribune The food stamp program needs to go on a healthy diet. The


Obama’s GM bailout aimed at aiding unions

Opinion: By James Sherk and Todd Zywicki Heritage Foundation $26 billion is a terrible thing to waste.


Win for taxpayers

Opinion: By Trey Kovacs McClatchy-Tribune Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker seems to understand what his recall


Obama should focus on middle class

Opinion: The Obama White House and the president’s re-election campaign have received plenty of advice lately


Sea treaty is in US interest

Opinion: By John Warner and Thomas J. DONOHUE McClatchy-Tribune The expansion of U.S. territory by


Playing ‘chicken’ with transportation bill is bad policy

Editorial: Can anyone who has driven more than a mile from home be against passing a transportation bill that


Law of the Sea bad for America

Opinion: WASHINGTON There they go again. Like those who say climate change is an emergency too obvious and


Both parties fail on Dream Act

Opinion: Both parties fail on Dream Act Los Angeles Times: When the Obama administration decided last week