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A freshman, not a rookie

Opinion: GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Rep.-elect Bill Huizenga, is a freshman Republican congressman who will assume


Worthy imprint left behind

Opinion: When Chris Coons fills the U.S. Senate seat once held by Joe Biden, Delaware will lose a valuable


Voters reject ‘public masters’

Opinion: Results of the recent elections showed that growing numbers of Americans are fed up with “public


A long, cold winter ahead

Opinion: The Journal of New Ulm (Minn.): The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program can literally be a


Youngstown’s school district ready to shed fiscal oversight

Editorial: The Youngstown City School Dis- trict has passed a major test in its long bid to emerge from state-


Voters were not stimulated

Opinion: By Mark Weisbrot McClatchy-Tribune WASHINGTON As expected, the Democrats took big losses in


It’s an affront to democracy

Opinion: By Dick Polman Philadelphia Inquirer Can we all agree that secret money in politics is a bad


Fight corruption by cutting red tape

Opinion: When I read two separate international rankings released in recent days that measure the world’s


Dems hurt by health care

Opinion: By Grace-Marie Turner McClatchy-Tribune ALEXANDRIA, Va. The evidence is clear: Health reform


The siren song of big oil

Opinion: The siren song of big oil Big oil companies and their allies don’t know when to stop. This fall,


They sprout like weeds

Opinion: They sprout like weeds Philadelphia Inquirer: That a plot to send bombs disguised as parcels


Wondering what went wrong

Opinion: Wondering what went wrong Just prior to the shooting that killed Mr. Repchik and critically


Free-trade pacts coming

Opinion: The Republican landslide in Tuesday’s mid-term elections is likely to lead to across-the-board


Obama heading for the iceberg

Opinion: WASHINGTON When Alexander Pope was on his deathbed, his doctor assured him that his breathing,


Connecting with one another is key

Opinion: By Dan Moulthrop Vindicator The election is over, and if there’s one thing we may have learned