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A waterworks of emotion

Opinion: WASHINGTON The speaker got weepy. No, not her — him. The incoming House speaker, Ohio Republican


‘Prevent, Don’t Provide’

Opinion: McCook (Neb.) Daily Gazette: It’s ironic that it’s up to the tobacco companies to fight smoking and


Selective statistics distort truth

Opinion: Selective statistics distort truth Ed Fulmer, president of the conservative think tank, the


Obama could learn from Bush

Opinion: By Richard Wolffe Los Angeles Times The day before his party’s shellacking in last month’s


Air travel at risk

Opinion: By James Sherk Heritage Foundation If you think air travel is bad now, just wait until the


Questions for Democrats

Opinion: The “grand bargain” agreed to by the White House to preserve the Bush-era tax rates, extend


Ohio joins a majority of states in pursuing human traffickers

Editorial: Ohio doesn’t immediately come to mind when the issue of modern-day slavery is raised, but as other


Buses, not trains, are the answer

Opinion: By William A. COLLINS OtherWords With all due respect to President Barack Obama and the $8


When nothing is private ...

Opinion: When nothing is private ... Steubenville Herald-Star: The issue in the WikiLeaks publication of


Congress takes care of itself first

Opinion: Congress takes care of itself first I’m constantly surprised and saddened at how the members of


Bush, Gore clash now a memory

Opinion: WASHINGTON The passions that swirled around Bush v. Gore, the Supreme Court case that ended 10


China cares what the world thinks, but only to a point

Editorial: While the United States suf- fers with a diplomatic black eye inflicted by Wikileaks’ release of


There’s a shortage of judges

Opinion: By Eric M. GEORGE and WILLIAM H. NEUKOM Los Angeles Times A vacancy crisis threatens our


iPad Scrabble can make you an addict

Opinion: WASHINGTON I could write more about the tax deal, but you’re probably tired of hearing about it,


Give the gift of reading to child in your life

Opinion: With the holidays fast approaching, many Americans are in search of the latest and greatest children’s gifts to place under the tree.