Opinion and Editorial

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Accusations fly in 6th race

Opinion: U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson and Charlie Wilson, his Democratic challenger in the November general


Why are oil prices falling?

Opinion: Last week I paid 10-cents-a-gallon less for gasoline than I did the week before, at the same service


Two heads better?

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords The corporate propensity for rationalizing the irrational in the


Just what doctor ordered: Merger of city, county health departments

Opinion: Just what doctor ordered: Merger of city, county health departments Iam writing in support of the


Police misconduct a problem 20 years after King verdict

Opinion: By David A. LOVE McClatchy-Tribune Twenty years have passed since the verdict in the Rodney King


War against radical Islamists is not over

Opinion: “The war on terror is over,” or so claims an unnamed senior State Department official, as reported


Federal prison sentences serve as warning to would-be crooks

Editorial: Just as law enforcement officials will tell you that drugs are at the heart of Youngstown’s crime


Bills come due for Illinois

Opinion: WASHINGTON After trying to tax Illinois to governmental solvency and economic dynamism, Pat Quinn,


Season of sadness

Opinion: By Lindsay Pollard-Post People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals For most of us, the


Afghanistan’s past ignored

Opinion: By Abdol Wahed Faramarz The Institute for War & Peace Reporting KABUL In a highly


Don’t ban mixed martial arts

Opinion: The (Schenectady) Daily Gazette: Every year for the last three, the state Senate has passed a bill


US struggles to get off wrong track

Opinion: By Peter Goldmark Newsday In a Reuters/Ipsos poll released this month, 60 percent of Americans


Bullies in Congress must stop beating up on Safe Schools bill

Editorial: Bullying and cyberbullying in U.S. schools pack a mean punch on America’s youth. Consider these


Another glimpse into Ohio’s lax oversight of charter schools

Editorial: The Liberty Board of Education’s experience with two “conversion schools,” essentially charter


‘Baby boards’ prep is big business

Opinion: By Barbara Shelly McClatchy Newspapers The big news out of New York City is that the admissions