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Has Ohio changed in the past two years?

Opinion: When Democrats in Ohio go to the polls Tuesday, the votes they cast in the hotly contested race for the Democratic nomination for president may well determine the party’s standard-bearer for the November general election.


Why Clinton over Obama

Opinion: Had you been asked two years ago to name a woman qualified to run for president, one of the first that would have come to mind, regardless of your political leanings, would have been Hillary Clinton.


Will Obama debate in Y’town?

Opinion: “I would like Sen. Obama to meet me in Youngstown. Let’s have a debate about the issues that are


Y’town deserves to host a debate

Opinion: Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama could face-off in Cleveland later this month in a


Y’town has a chance to go for gold with arena

Opinion: Mayor Jay Williams is justifiably pleased with the initial presentations from three nationally


Heltzel breaks a pledge, and that’s good

Opinion: Four years ago, Paul Heltzel had area officeholders squirming and the press buzzing when he pledged


A political bloodbath this year? Hardly

Opinion: In the heat of last summer’s battle between Cafaro Co. executives and some Mahoning County