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Obama looking better than ‘alternative’

Opinion: One of the most persistent political maxims is that a presidential re-election campaign is a


Lordstown has a winner

Opinion: Lordstown has a winner Consumers are respond- ing to the Chevy Cruze, which just celebrated its


Mandel’s failure to file doesn’t add up

Opinion: You would think as the state treasurer, Josh Mandel would have a good grasp of finances. But


Don’t protect bad doctors

Opinion: The Kansas City Star: President Barack Obama’s administration has gone overboard in trying to


GM-UAW pact bodes well for the automaker’s future

Editorial: General Motors Corp. and its union employees should not be surprised if public reaction to the


Taking issue with an activist’s portrait of the poor

Opinion: By Alfred Lubrano Philadelphia Inquirer The poor are not so bad off. Many have DVD players,


Static in wireless service

Opinion: By James Gattuso Heritage Foundation What’s wrong with this picture? President Obama recently


A debt plan that’s going nowhere

Opinion: WASHINGTON Liberals are elated that President Obama is finally primed for a fight. Conservatives


Immigration haunts Perry

Opinion: By Wayne Slater Dallas Morning News AUSTIN, Texas While Rick Perry woos tea party supporters


Egypt’s young democracy is endangered

Opinion: By Khaled A. Beydoun McClatchy Tribune There are two momentous trials going on in Egypt. One


Is SS a Ponzi scheme?

Opinion: Many in the media and in politics have gone ballistic over the fact that Texas Governor Rick Perry


Preserving postal service will necessitate trade-offs

Editorial: The nation can survive with- out Saturday mail delivery. Not that we would want to, but its one of


There’s little clarity for fixing Social Security

Opinion: “We have not had the courage to stand up and look Americans in the face,” Texas Gov. Rick Perry said


Unions produced the middle class

Opinion: Unions produced the middle class Kudos to Chuck Altiero for his response to Bill Johnson’s Sept. 4


U.N. vote on Palestine offers hope

Opinion: This week the Palestinians will take their bid for statehood to the United Nations. Israeli