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


Killing of Somali pirate could be a turning point

Editorial: For the first time since pirates from the war-torn, lawless nation of Somalia began disrupting


Google takes a stand and tells China to go censor itself

Editorial: In its meteoric rise, Google hasn’t made many mistakes. A company doesn’t go from two guys and a


Columbiana County officials pushing renewal of sales tax

Editorial: There’s nothing like rejection to get the juices flowing — as the commissioners in Columbiana


Overdue health reform receives overwrought response in D.C.

Editorial: President Barack Obama signed into law a historic revision of health-care policy Tuesday, but it is


Youngstown schools system still facing fiscal challenges

Editorial: Any good news pertaining to the Youngstown City School District deserves to be acknowledged, thus


One man breaks the silence about Forum’s past and future

Editorial: The former CEO of Forum Health, Walter “Buzz” Pishkur, estimates that the hospital system is


Mayor Williams has luxury to pursue aggressive agenda

Editorial: Unencumbered by AN election, Youngstown Mayor Jay Williams can spend the next four years pursuing


Good roads make good sense

Editorial: Good roads make good sense Highways were an important part of the political conversation in the


State budget panel members should pay the Valley a visit

Editorial: A special Ohio general assembly commission formed in July to develop budget-balancing strategies for the 2012-13 biennium is ready to start work.


Valley favorite is still available at a dealership near you

Editorial: Over three generations, there have been songs about red Cadillacs, as well as white, black, lavender, solid gold, and, of course, pink Cadillacs. But if General Motors had gotten its way, buyers could have colored the Cadillac gone in the Mahoning Valley.


Healthy government thrives only in abundant sunshine

Editorial: This is Sunshine Week, the sixth annual observance of an event that gets a lot less attention than


Putting the Covelli on the map

Editorial: Imagine Elvis Presley booking a coN- cert at Stambaugh Auditorium in, say, 1970. Think it would have


Can Youngstown be pilot for education standards?

Editorial: As the first-of-its-kind state Academic Distress Commission goes about the arduous task of devising


Christian-Muslim violence in Nigeria bad for America

Editorial: If the deadly religious clashes last Sunday and in January aren’t reasons enough for the United


Opinion Another step backward in Mideast peace talks

Editorial: For a decade, the conventional wisdom has been that Israel and the Palestinians were tantalizingly