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Opinion | Our Voice | Columns Todd Franko Bertram de Souza David Skolnick Ernie Brown | Letters


Pope forces Catholics, others to confront issues of the day

Editorial: From religious fundamental- ism to same-sex marriage to trickle-down economics to even the Mafia,


Port authority choice for new director is puzzling

Editorial: A month ago, we bemoaned the fact that there were only eight applicants for the position of


Memo to legislators: Don’t demolish housing agency

Editorial: Jeers to Ohio Senate President Keith Faber and his short-sighted cohorts for mindlessly aiming a


Ohio charter school system is broken and must be fixed

Editorial: Ohio’s controversy-ridden charter schools may be a national joke, but they’re no laughing matter for


What sounded familiar?

Editorial: Throughout Monday’s editorial on tomorrow’s unveiling of the new Cruze, slogans from Chevrolet


Our savvy Scrappers earn Valley’s respect, support

Editorial: Sixteen years ago this week, a group of young, talented – and yes, scrappy – young athletes took


Cruze unveiling opens new chapter in Lordstown saga

Editorial: 11The first vehicle off the Lordstown General Motors Assembly line on April 28, 1966, was a gleaming


Highs & lows mark 1st year of Tressel’s YSU presidency

Editorial: “Youngstown State University President Jim Tressel has been around higher education long enough to


Charleston killings expose stains of racism, violence

Editorial: Wednesday, June 17, 2015, will go down in history as a day of agonizing irony for race relations in


Ohio tax-credit program isn’t broken, so don’t fix it

Editorial: Absence makes the heart grow fonder. So goes the tired yet decidedly true cliche. By extension,


Mission, politics to chart future of Valley air base

Editorial: There are two factors that will come into play as the future of the 62-year-old Air Force Reserve


Local communities have waited long enough for their gambling bet to pay off

Editorial: Just as nuclear energy failed to live up to its promise 50 years ago of electricity so cheap that


Let clean bill of health aid in fracking’s recovery

Editorial: A long-awaited report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released this month strengthens


On this Flag Day, a new victory for Old Glory

Editorial: A Columbiana County state representative was a primary co-sponsor of the bill to protect the rights of all Ohioans to fly the Stars and Stripes.


Gag orders should be court’s last resort in a free society

Editorial: Judges have to make tough decisions when two constitutional rights are in conflict, and the