Opinion and Editorial

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Where are the challengers?

Opinion: Youngstown city government isn’t exactly humming along perfectly.


Governor brings out the crowds

Opinion: COLUMBUS Random thoughts following the circus at the Statehouse this week: You have to give Gov.


United Nations must step in to end Ivory Coast bloodbath

Editorial: It has been almost three months since a legitimate election in the West African nation of Ivory


Memories of a frozen past

Opinion: Every winter I am reminded of the winters from 1926 to 1940, from ages two to 16. I dreaded our


Overhaul federal tax code

Opinion: By Alvin Bessent Newsday If you want to know what’s wrong with the federal tax code, think


Hands off Public Broadcasting

Opinion: Seattle Times: The worst recession in 80 years and a bloated deficit means the federal government


Misery prevails

Opinion: By Eva Sanchis McClatchy-Tribune It’s frustrating to hear politicians proclaim that the


Indiana gov strikes the right note

Opinion: WASHINGTON At first, the banquet audience at the 38th annual Conservative Political Action


Where is the leadership?

Opinion: WASHINGTON Failure of political leadership knows no party. The past few days have offered an


Targeting double dippers

Opinion: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: By a vote of 86 to 4, the state’s House of Representatives has passed a


Is Watson’s mastery of ‘Jeopardy!’ legitimate?

Opinion: A mere three years ago, the IBM computer now known as Watson was a “Jeopardy!”-playing fool. And that’s putting it mildly.


High-speed rail proposal should include the Valley

Editorial: After slamming the door shut on the plan to build a high-speed rail line between Cleveland and


Police deserve more respect

Opinion: Police deserve more respect I am so tired of everyone put- ting down public employees as if they


Egypt’s future is not bright

Opinion: The events of recent days in Egypt offer a sober lesson to westerners who think the uprising that


Grade the schools

Opinion: When education reformers have talked over the last two decades about holding schools accountable,