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Cordray is the right person for consumer protection job

Editorial: Two wrongs don’t make a right. But when one side in a philosophical argument decides to throw the


Kasich seeks input from locals

Editorial: If there were any doubt about what’s in store for local governments with regard to funding from


Shell Chemical’s project would be boon for region

Editorial: The numbers, if they turn out to be true, are mind-boggling: An investment of more than $2 billion


With Iowa out of the way, it’s time for GOP to get serious

Editorial: Iowa has every right to try to be first out of the box in expressing its choice for a presidential


Historic swearing in of mayor is only part of story in Warren

Editorial: The city of Warren’s first black mayor has been around politics long enough to know this truth:


Iran should stop playing games and pursue it real best interests

Editorial: Iranian sabre-rattling, aimed pri- marily at the United States, appears to be having an unintended


Will China shame the US back to strong space program?

Editorial: Many of today’s maturing baby boomers cling to fond childhood memories of elementary-school


There is untold potential for the area lying underground

Editorial: In the last few years, as we ap- proached the challenge of writing something uplifting for New


Governments at all levels must operate with caution

Editorial: We hold hope that 2012 will be the year of the taxpayer — if officeholders and candidates for


Target outrage of Croley case toward passage of Nitro’s Law

Editorial: As the recent rapid release of a convicted animal abuser on a blatant parole violation illustrates,


U.S. Postal Service should save the best from closing

Editorial: Let’s stipulate that if 258 post- al processing centers in the United States are slated to be


Toll of home foreclosures is too high to fight alone

Editorial: The assault on the AMERICAN dream of home ownership remains a haunting aftereffect of the Great


Youngstown ends the year with great news from feds

Editorial: Since taking office in August, Youngstown Mayor Charles Sammarone, a veteran of city politics, has


Kwanzaa: Love it or hate it, its core principles endure

Editorial: Today, 45 years after its first observance in California, the week-long African American- cultural


White House cannot allow crucial city agency to close

Editorial: Now that the Mahoning- Youngstown Community Action Partnership has exhausted its judicial appeals