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Patching the bargaining hole in Part D is worth a look

Editorial: No senior citizen wants to jeop- ardize Medicare Part D, the prescription payment plan that was


Fish for the right name

Opinion: Chicago Sun-Times: People who would never touch Patagonian toothfish or slimehead would be happy to


Crossing the aisle didn’t help Wilson

Opinion: State Sen. Jason Wilson of Columbiana, D-30th, is known to cross the aisle and vote with the


Tragic in more than one way

Opinion: Tragic in more than one way The article, “Valley native killed while attending Bible study”, is a


Rules for farm kids

Opinion: The Gazette, Cedar Rapids: Proposed new federal rules, if implemented, will put restrictions on


Education reform under way

Opinion: By Tom Brokaw McClatchy-Tribune Think of American education as a house of many rooms, each with


Democrats should challenge legality of GOP district maps

Editorial: When 25 grassroots organiza- tions in the state charge that Republicans have used their majority in


For GOP, it’s back to future

Opinion: By Lance Dickie Seattle Times If one can overlook the tea party’s glib interpretations of U.S.


A Frank ‘cure’ for the Fed

Opinion: WASHINGTON “If two people always agree,” says Ben Bernanke, “one of them is redundant.” So,


Obama on wrong side of Palestinian statehood

Opinion: By Ghassan Michel Rubeiz McClatchy-Tribune President Obama is staging an unwarranted diplomatic


Mayors pander to union voters

Opinion: Mayors pander to union voters There was an article in last Saturday’s paper reporting that area


GOP takes sharp turn to the right

Opinion: We’ve now seen three full-dress debates among the Republican politicians who want to be the next


Silly laws still on the books

Opinion: La Crosse Tribune: The state’s unofficial bread spread is under attack. A decades-old law in


Ban texting and driving in Ohio, and begin saving lives

Editorial: The Ohio Senate begins work today on a bill that was approved by the House in the spring and is long


Superman vs. a warm body

Opinion: One of the problems in trying to select a leader for any large organization or institution is the