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Where are the political bedfellows?

Opinion: WASHINGTON First came the plans, then came the criticism. To be expected — except the criticism


Columbiana commissioners on right track with budget

Editorial: It would have been relatively easy for Columbiana County commissioners Jim Hoppel, Penny Traina and


Training state troopers

Opinion: The Greenwood (Miss.) Commonwealth: Good for the Mississippi Highway Patrol brass for sticking up


Photo identification laws hurt our democracy

Opinion: By Wade Henderson and Mark Perriello McClatchy Newspapers Democracy in America is under attack.


U.S.-Colombia free trade bad for both countries

Opinion: By John I. LAUN AND CECILIA ZARATE-LAUN McClatchy-Tribune In the coming days, the U.S.


Times are changing in Canfield

Opinion: Times are changing in Canfield As a member of the Canfield High School Class of 1966 I was first


A clean (air) defeat

Opinion: The Kansas City Star: A public agency and a private utility again have failed to protect the health


Health care coverage safe

Opinion: By Mark Weisbrot McClatchy-Tribune WASHINGTON A recent report by Mc-Kinsey and Company was


What’s best for the country?

Opinion: The big news, as far as the media are concerned, is the political game of debt-ceiling chicken that


In Norway, a monster saw himself as a hero of his race

Editorial: It would not be worth mentioning that there are people making excuses for Anders Behring Breivik’s


Workers continue to suffer

Opinion: By Holly Sklar McClatchy-Tribune Big company CEOs got a 23 percent raise last year and corporate


Employers are going to stop providing health insurance

Opinion: By John Barrasso McClatchy-Tribune CASPER, Wyo Most American workers value their employer-


He’s not old fashioned, he’s wrong

Opinion: He’s not old fashioned, he’s wrong In his July 14 column, “Per- ry’s day of prayer is intolerant,”


Fat cats don’t create jobs

Opinion: Fat cats don’t create jobs Please tell me what I’m miss- ing here: The Republicans are taking a


Congress stands its ground

Opinion: WASHINGTON Between 6 p.m. Friday and 4 p.m. Sunday, the nation began a constitutional course-