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Gingrich rewrites history on budget

Opinion: By Robert S. McIntyre McClatchy-Tribune In the late fall of 1995, a budget deadlock between a


Mayor needs to tap resources in selecting new police chief

Editorial: Now that Youngstown Police Chief Jimmy Hughes has given up on his plan to cash in his Deferred


Central America is a challenge

Opinion: SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras The country that will receive the most attention during President Barack


Portugal’s sane drug laws working

Opinion: By Daniel Akst Newsday Imagine a country so fed up with its ineffective crime-and-punishment


U.S. should extricate itself quickly from Libyan action

Editorial: Outside military intervention in Libya was the last option the West, including the United States,


Good people step up, get results

Opinion: Good people step up, get results This letter is to let people know that there are many good


Don’t ignore Colombia

Opinion: Don’t ignore Colombia Los Angeles Times: President Obama’s first visit to South America, which


UAW boss snubbed by labor group

Opinion: Jim Graham is without a doubt one of the most influential and best known labor leaders in the


Just say no to ‘330’

Opinion: We’re mired in some of the harshest debate in our adult lives. Private citizens despise public


Let politicians make first sacrifice

Opinion: Let politicians make first sacrifice Am I crazy or are Americans stupid? Where were all the


State funding cuts demand creativity from public officials

Editorial: If there’s a phrase that aptly de- scribes what local governments, school districts and even area


Is Social Security secure?

Opinion: A reader wrote recently to ask for help in understanding the heated debate over Social Security.


The governor’s turnpike trick

Editorial: The governor’s turnpike trick Gov. John Kasich has been boast- ing of late that his proposed


Parents behaving badly

Opinion: WASHINGTON Tiger Mom, meet Lawsuit Mom. The Tiger Mother, aka Yale Law School professor Amy


Gaming parlors won’t fold

Opinion: COLUMBUS Attorney General Mike DeWine called last week for increased state oversight of so-called