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Reasons to end Cuba boycott

Opinion: Reasons to end Cuba boycott Dallas Morning News: What happens in Cuba normally stays in Cuba,


Speech becoming problematic

Opinion: WASHINGTON The Stolen Valor Act of 2005, a compound of political pandering and moral


The Valley man behind viral Browns rant

Opinion: As a journalist, columnist and an admitted smart aleck, I love a good one- liner. This week, when


Penn State failed young victims

Editorial: Penn State failed young victims To read the 23-page findings of fact released by the grand jury


Candidates, save your trinkets

Opinion: Candidates, save your trinkets Well, election day 2011 has come and gone and my wife and I have


Back-to-future voting system had inauspicious beginning

Editorial: It was 9:26 p.m., almost two hours after the polls closed Tuesday in Ohio, that the problems with


Complying with Walsh Act costs Ohio $10 million

Opinion: Four years ago, Ohio became the first state to comply with the Adam Walsh Child Protection and


When people have money to spend and they spend it, economy grows

Opinion: One thing on which all rep- utable economists agree is that we are a consumer-driven economy. If


Native species come first

Opinion: Beaumont (Texas) Enterprise: Most Texans have nothing against donkeys. Though the critters may not


Waiting for new skirmishes

Opinion: COLUMBUS Voters sent lawmakers a loud though not wholly unexpected message on Election Day about


GOP uses clout to hurt Dems

Opinion: In politics, the winners set the agenda. In the states, that enables them to redraw district lines


Don’t expect President Karzai to mourn U.S. military deaths

Editorial: This week’s report that at least 1,712 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan since


A day to thank our veterans — and to do more if they need it

Editorial: The tradition that we observe today has its direct roots in World War I, then known as the Great


Law, media, politics corrupt

Opinion: The real scandal in the accusations against Herman Cain is the corruption of the law, the media and


Why wasn’t sex assault stopped?

Opinion: There is one line amid the 23-page grand jury presentment that marks the depth of the alleged