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Space program merits funding

Opinion: By Sens. KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON and BILL NELSON McClatchy-Tribune WASHINGTON Recently a group


There has to be a better way than fracking to save economy

Opinion: There has to be a better way than fracking to save economy As a resident of the Mahon- ing Valley,


‘Cheap-beef’ economy yields pink slime

Opinion: By Barbara Shelly McClatchy Newspapers To the legion of Americans running away from a hamburger


How to succeed in just about anything

Opinion: This week the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans (www.horatioalger.org) celebrates


In Israel, small steps toward peace

Opinion: About a week from now, after the Jewish holiday of Passover ends, an interesting interaction will


We should all be as broke as the brokers

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Have you heard about the earthquake that has shaken Wall Street to


U.S. House must clear up bottleneck over transportation

Editorial: The rightward-tilting U.S. Cham- ber of Commerce and the leftist-leaning American Federation of


Strip-search ruling is baffling

Opinion: Strip-search ruling is baffling Philadelphia Inquirer: In a shocking abdication of its


No plea deals for murderers

Opinion: No plea deals for murderers I am writing this letter in dis- gust, sadness and just frustration


Not much to look forward to

Opinion: We got our first real glimpse recently of how President Obama and his now-almost-certain Republican


Precluding insider trading in Congress was long overdue

Editorial: It took six years, a “Sixty Minutes” expos that embarrassed congressional leaders from both


Reality tempers father’s pride in son going off to war

Opinion: By David Freed Los Angeles Times A few days ago, on a tranquil spring afternoon, I hugged my


Romney needs a heavy hitter

Opinion: WASHINGTON Barack Obama’s intellectual sociopathy — his often breezy and sometimes loutish


There are big gains to be made with an increase in bed tax

Opinion: There are big gains to be made with an increase in bed tax As a follow up to the April 2 story by


Eliminate a Youngstown judgeship

Opinion: A cynic surveying the room may have said to himself, “It’s the largest gathering of freeloaders the