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


Crisis presents an ‘opportunity’

Editorial: Crisis presents an ‘opportunity’ All across the state, local com- munities were getting bad news


U.N. should not let Russia prolong the unrest in Syria

Editorial: Almost a year has passed since Syrians, inspired by popular uprisings in several Arab countries,


Wellington errs in moving to eliminate video arraignments

Editorial: There shouldn’t be fewer video arraignments, there should be more. More courts should be


Cities need helping hand in battling housing blight

Editorial: How difficult is it for older communities like Youngstown to address the seemingly intractable


Cold-blooded killer gets warm welcome from federal court

Editorial: Today is the day Charles Lor- raine should have died. Instead it is just one more day in the 9,388


Fiscal emergency may solve Niles schools’ financial woes

Editorial: Not only is the Niles City School District facing a major financial crisis, but the teachers’ union


King’s legacy continues to grow in ways large and small

Editorial: Transformational figures never stop growing. Their lives — even when cut short — take on new meaning


Library faces change

Editorial: Library faces change There are those who believe that libraries are irrelevant in the digital


Engineer’s office requires a top-to-bottom evaluation

Editorial: Mahoning County Engineer Richard Marsico has expressed “surprise and disappointment” at not


Iran’s nuclear power objective clear with underground plant

Editorial: The presence of about 100,000 American troops in the Afghanistan-Pakistan theater must serve to


Only time will tell who wins the $4 billion Race to the Top

Editorial: After the first year, a Washing- ton assessment of the $4.35 billion Race to the Top grant program


Romney sounds like nominee after win in New Hampshire

Editorial: Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney may well end up being the Republican nominee for president,


Expediting justice is like putting money in the bank

Editorial: It is not exactly Dick Tracy talk- ing into his two-way wrist-radio, but it’s an important


Internet caf s are not alone in ‘running under the radar’

Editorial: When Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine visited a Dayton area Internet caf to highlight the absence


Sending a message to Warren massage parlors that go too far

Editorial: A website that keeps track of such things as massage parlors that traffic in sex says Ohio has 23