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The effect of proposed health care reform -- which limits the ability of insurers to charge higher premiums for older adults -- would be a large shift of America's health care burden to the younger generation.  Full story »

The Medill Innocence Project has determined that convicted murderer Anthony McKinney did not kill security guard Donald Lundahl in 1978. Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez doesn't seem to understand.  Full story »

The book you need to read to get ready for the Christmas season is Hank Stuever's lively "Tinsel." The book doesn't judge; it reveals: people who throw themselves with such severe gusto into celebrating that they miss the point entirely.  Full story »

When the Obama administration launched its Making Home Affordable offensive in April against the foreclosure blitzkrieg, the plan played well in sound bites. The strategy was to help at-risk homeowners avoid eviction by refinancing or modifying their loans. It seemed a sensible solution with one pretty big caveat: Its success would require cooperation from some of the same entities... Full story »

An outbreak of smart bipartisan politics -- rather than game-playing or grandstanding -- led the Senate and then the House of Representatives to overwhelming approval of a $24 billion economic stimulus bill that extends tax incentives for new home buyers and unemployment benefits for the jobless. President Barack Obama signed the legislation into law Friday. The bill represents the... Full story »

Joe Frolik looks for lessons from Tuesday's elections. Full story »

Latest County mess Full story »

Puerto Ricans need to be allowed to vote on changing their political status. The status quo is untenable. Voters need to decide among three options: statehood, a more autonomous version of commonwealth or independence.  Full story »

It is essential to repair the U.S. relationship with to Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Clearly, open threats don't work. Yet the clear message Sen. John Kerry delivered privately late last month seems to have made an impact.  Full story »

In Egypt and Jordan, the two countries that have made peace with Israel, the unelected governments fear their people, and most of the people despise Israel. So the governments go along and even fan the flames of resentment.  Full story »

It's not easy to shock the sensibilities of a city that counts fewer than 100 murders as "a good year." But over the course of a full week, Cleveland has been shocked repeatedly at one gruesome revelation after another unearthed at the home of Anthony Sowell. Sowell, released from prison in 2005 after serving 15 years for attempted rape,... Full story »

CHEERS . . . to Alcoa Inc. for its decision to rebuild the huge, half-century-old press at its Cleveland Works in Cuyahoga Heights. Help from the state, county and local development agencies will defray almost a third of the $68 million cost, and the company plans an additional investment of $42 million in the plant. When it's all done,... Full story »

By Megan O'Bryan The Cleveland Rape Crisis Center is extremely saddened and outraged by the tragic and violent deaths of so many women discovered on convicted rapist Anthony Sowell's property in Cleveland's Mount Pleasant neighborhood. We recognize the tremendous suffering that so many are experiencing, especially those who survived being raped by Sowell, and the families of women who... Full story »

Despite setbacks at the polls on Nov. 3, recent surveys show Americans would like to see more Democrats elected to Congress in 2010.  Full story »

Ohio rolls the dice on new seal Full story »