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Give us back our neighborhood

Opinion: Give us back our neighborhood Recently I’ve taken some criticism for placing signs at my Stewart


Gates a hard act to follow

Opinion: Robert M. Gates will be a tough act to follow as defense secretary. Gates left office this week.


Supreme Court out of touch with reality

Opinion: Intellectually, I understand the Supreme Court’s 7-2 decision that the First Amendment protects the


GOP will flex redistricting muscle

Opinion: With Ohio moving its 2012 presidential primary to May, the Republican-controlled state Legislature


After the holiday, Congress should buckle down to business

Editorial: It is only fitting that on the day after a holiday that commemorates Americans who showed true


Politicians prime the pump

Opinion: Politicians prime the pump Kansas City Star: The global effort to lower fuel prices by releasing


New medical marijuana regs

Opinion: The (Ft. Collins) Coloradoan: New state regulations on medical marijuana that take effect Friday are


Give young skaters a break

Opinion: Give young skaters a break The neighbors who claim to want and deserve “peace and quiet” at a


Whitey Bulger’s capture stirs regret

Opinion: I’m sure I’m not the only person who entertained a momentary twinge of regret Wednesday night when I


Don’t underestimate Perry

Opinion: Let’s assume Rick Perry runs for president. Once a high-profile leader says he doesn’t want the job


In politics, money = free speech

Opinion: WASHINGTON The fate of Arizona’s Clean Elections Act, which the Supreme Court on Monday declared


Giffords’ care should be for everyone

Opinion: By Mike Ervin McClatchy-Tribune We all should be as lucky as Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. After


Niles school board’s pact with new superintendent is baffling

Editorial: It’s a question we would rather not ask, yet find ourselves posing more often than we’d like: What


Some lives have been lost, but there are others to be saved

Editorial: One young man is dead and the lives to two others accused of shooting him are changed forever. If


Where’s our N.J. miracle?

Opinion: Something astonishing happened in New Jersey last week. A majority Democratic legislature and a