Opinion and Editorial

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A lack of civility in the US

Opinion: Last week, after the brutal beating of a San Francisco Giants fan in the Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium


Women are at risk

Opinion: By Daniel Akst Newsday Remember Chandra Levy? How about Natalee Holloway? Nothing is more


Yes to divided government

Opinion: Here’s one of Washington’s rich ironies: Many of us may see divided government as a recipe for


Push ahead on trade pacts

Opinion: Push ahead on trade pacts Kansas City Star: In the nine-state region that includes Missouri and


Some reservations about China

Opinion: Some reservations about China Heading to China (People’s Republic of China/Communist China) for a


Mickey Mouse increases

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Good news, people: America’s wages are up. The average worker is


Life lesson in Mid America

Opinion: ARCHBOLD, Ohio Here in Middle America, where farmland extends to the horizon, I pass an


First, cut off federal funding for billionaires

Opinion: Since everybody else seems to be coming up with plans on how to cope with the skyrocketing national


Budget plan would make seniors poor

Opinion: The hall of mirrors in which our bitterly partisan politics now play themselves out is a curious


Lessons to be learned from the nation’s four worst years

Editorial: We can’t say that we’ve never been caught up in the moment and suggested that the political


Scale back the Legislature

Opinion: The (Harrisburg) Patriot-News: Here’s a proposal you don’t see out of state lawmakers often: Let’s


Public employees serve taxpayers

Opinion: Public employees serve taxpayers Your April 1 article, “10 things to know about SB5” by Marc


Sweep of city’s South Side gives hope to other areas

Editorial: One of the most blighted blocks in the city of Youngstown is finally receiving the attention of


Race still haunts America, 150 years after the Civil War

Opinion: One hundred and fifty years ago, on April 12, 1861, the first shots of the Civil War were fired. A century and a half later, the issue of race still haunts us.


Two major wars, two presidents, one faithful decision

Opinion: By Maury Klein Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, Va.) KINGSTON, R.I. The sesquicentennial of