Opinion and Editorial

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No clear answers in Syria

Opinion: In 1982, I interviewed Syrian Information Minister Ahmed Iskander in Damascus, shortly after the


Lying about right to return

Opinion: Lying about right to return Los Angeles Times: Three years ago, the Justice Department assured the


A failure to live up to principles

Opinion: When one writes about moral convictions, it’s probably a good idea to consistently live up to them.


Time to outlaw rent control

Opinion: NEW YORK James and Jeanne Harmon reside in and supposedly own a five-story brownstone on


Another CDC smoking study

Opinion: Marietta (Ga.) Daily Journal: Add more ammunition to the arsenal of anti-smoking efforts with the


Youngstown schools system facing a challenging future

Editorial: Just when it seemed that the em- battled Youngstown City School District had weathered the worst of


Democrats first, Catholics second

Opinion: Democrats first, Catholics second In a Feb. 10 letter to the editor, a writer takes issue with


Let Pa. keep its own wastewater

Opinion: Let Pa. keep its own wastewater The headline in the Jan. 28 Vindicator read, “No cause for alarm


Obama threatens our liberties

Opinion: “Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are


Progressives still follow wrong path

Opinion: “Often wrong but never in doubt” is a phrase that summarizes much of what was done by Presidents


Recognizing a need to act

Opinion: Recognizing a need to act The Inter-Mountain, Elkins, W.Va.: If you want to keep a pet gray


Legal limits on ownership of wild animals are needed now

Editorial: It is difficult to find words that describe all that is wrong about the Ohio Legislature’s


A faculty lounge?

Opinion: By Barbara Shelly McClatchy Newspapers It was the morning after the Florida primary and a clip


GOP battle benefits Obama

Opinion: The rest of the country may be tiring of it, but the drawn-out, high-decibel battle for the


No tolerance for hazing

Opinion: Sioux City (Iowa) Journal: As is true with bullying, no school should tolerate incidents of hazing.