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Who are America’s real job creators? The people — and they’re broke

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords As narrators used to say in Western movies: “Meanwhile, back at the


Magazine mugs Bachmann

Opinion: WASHINGTON I keep staring at the Newsweek cover. Actually, it keeps staring at me: Michele


Recovery in Britain is tepid

Opinion: LONDON The chancellor of the exchequer has a dry, sly sense of humor. George Osborne, 40, says


Youngstown’s new mayor not new to politics in city

Editorial: These are challenging times for just about every community in Ohio, given the roiling national


Party school ranking unfair

Opinion: Iowa City Press-Citizen: The University of Iowa moved from No. 9 on the Princeton Review’s top party


In Britain, sons of anarchy

Opinion: PORTSTEWART, Northern Ireland Some have compared the riots in the UK to the London Blitz. It’s a


Calming the nation

Opinion: By Jim Newton Los Angeles Times When Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected president in 1952, he came


Let’s keep immigrant entrepreneurs

Opinion: By Karen Mills and John Doerr McClatchy-Tribune In 1873, German immigrant Levi Strauss made the


Breastfeeding is good for mother, child and the family budget

Opinion: Breastfeeding is good for mother, child and the family budget The mission of the Mahon- ing-


Afghans in danger

Opinion: By Abdol Wahed Faramarz Institute for War & Peace Reporting KABUL, Afghanistan Sitting in the


Where are the leaders? Not in D.C.

Opinion: My first visit to the U.S. Capitol was in 1971. From the moment I set foot in the place, I was


Democrats fell for GOP trick

Opinion: Democrats fell for GOP trick Once again the Republi- can Party has tricked the Democrats into


Liberty-Girard fire services merger talks need state help

Editorial: When Gov. John Kasich visited the Mahoning Valley a week ago, he took the opportunity to repeat


Anti-tax governors having their way with budgets

Opinion: By Matthew Gardner McClatchy-Tribune Twelve new governors who ran on anti-tax platforms have now


How the CIA was infiltrated

Opinion: Muslim extremists. American heroes. Betrayed confidences. Barren landscapes. It’s the stuff of a