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‘What did you say you got?’

Opinion: Christmas comes but once a year and someone once remarked, if there wasn’t a Christmas, it would


Oil imports to rise

Opinion: By David Kreutzer Heritage Foundation “Merry Christmas, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, and other


Court suggests an easy way around the bother of openness

Editorial: On page 5 of a six-page opinion In which Common Pleas Judge William H. Wolff Jr. extended a seal on


It won’t be easy to forget

Opinion: By Alvaro Huerta McClatchy-Tribune Republicans managed to defeat the DREAM Act, but it’s a


Children bring news of great tidings

Opinion: “There’s a nail sticking out of the side of the manger. We don’t want to impale one of the sheep.”


Yes, Virginia

Editorial: EDITOR’S NOTE: The following editorial, among the most famous ever written, appeared in The New York


Medical care was top notch

Opinion: Medical care was top notch Recently our daughter was hospitalized for an acute condition of blood


Cliff Lee’s Christmas surprise

Opinion: The Daily Gazette, Schenectady, N.Y.: Money isn’t everything. At least not to Cliff Lee, one of the


In the spirit of the season, thanks

Opinion: In the spirit of the season, thanks Thanksgiving would have been a more appropriate time for this


Kwanzaa, Hanukkah similar

Opinion: By Akilah Bolden-Monifa McClatchy-Tribune After a holiday celebration recently at school, my 7-


EPA’s rules will hurt economy

Opinion: By Mark J. PERRY McClatchy-Tribune FLINT, Mich. Our nation is in a high stakes race with China


EPA must deal with climate

Opinion: By A. JAMES BARNES McClatchy-Tribune BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Unless and until Congress crafts


Tax reform has strong advocate

Opinion: WASHINGTON Many parents have heard FICA Screams. Indignant children, holding in trembling hands


Pope Benedict offers poignant Christmas message on scandal

Editorial: “We must ask ourselves what we can do to repair as much as possible the injustice that has occurred.


Tis the season to dis Santa?

Opinion: By J. JUSTIN WILSON special to the vindicator The festive weeks between Thanksgiving and New