Defiance is certainly one community that has for many years relied on manufacturing jobs, so when... More

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The fact that so many successful politicians are such shameless liars is not only a reflection on... More

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Education Secretary Arne Duncan says student loans don't push up tuition, but of course, they do,... More

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Are these attempts at social engineering ever going to end? Apparently not when it comes to women... More

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Fairview teacher will be missed On Thursday, the students at Fairview Elementary will say goodbye... More

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TEWKSBURY, Mass. -- Russ Caswell, 68, is bewildered: "What country are we in?" He and his wife... More

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"The military-industrial complex" was the theme of Dwight D. Eisenhower's farewell address as he... More

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With Ohio becoming the new Wild West of shale fracking, it behooves Ohio House members rushing to... More

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How much information is too much, especially when there is a possibility that it may damage... More

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Perhaps history will show that the first black president's biggest contribution to black America... More

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When bald eagles confront danger, most normal Americans would leap to preserve, protect and... More

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When it comes to big money and politics, the Republican Party is often considered the party of... More

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Recently, the major media focused on issues of global consequence -- like whether Mitt Romney and... More

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People everywhere are grumbling about the economy. In Europe they're also doing something about... More

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Even as we learned white births no longer are the majority in this nation, we heard a small group... More

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It is one thing to talk about "fairness" when it comes to allowing gays and lesbians to marry; it... More

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Anyone who wonders why the national approval rating for Congress hovers around 10 percent should... More

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There is much uproar about the money that JP Morgan Chase Bank has recently lost, but no one... More

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Vindicated on state issue Vindication, yes, yes, yes. I have written that the whole brew-ha-ha in... More

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Bipartisanship, the supposed scarcity of which so distresses the high-minded, actually is... More

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He is today the Washington That Was. The best of it, by far. Yet even after 391,689 of his fellow... More

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LYNCHBURG, Va. -- It wasn't exactly the belly of the beast Republican presidential candidate Mitt... More

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Moderates, we all hear, are an endangered species. Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., is the latest to... More

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So what is it about Hillary Rodham Clinton's stint as U.S. secretary of state that gets people... More

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As noted in a Crescent-News article Wednesday, Defiance was a special place 100 years ago this... More

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