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Iran’s dictators make Shah look like a benevolent despot

Editorial: Iran’s dictators make Shah look like a benevolent despot It is hard to miss the irony of the son


2010: A year of promise, challenges in the Valley

Editorial: When the Chevrolet Cruze rolls off the assembly line in General Motors’ Lordstown plant later this


Drinking and driving is the best way to start a bad year

Editorial: Drinking and driving is the best way to start a bad year After reading “None for the Road” in


Return of boy held in Brazil offers hope in Hoerig case

Editorial: It would be naive to believe that Brazilian officials had an epiphany after five years and decided


Flight 253’s close call raises ominous questions

Editorial: Flight 253’s close call raises ominous questions It was nonsense for Homeland Security Secretary


Democrats must personalize health-care reform measure

Editorial: Republicans have made much of the fact that the Senate bill to reform America’s health-care system,


All Americans should embrace the principles of Kwanzaa

Editorial: The Mahoning Valley will join the rest of the nation tonight in ushering in Kwanzaa, the seven-day


The First Christmas

Editorial: And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the


Obama can take comfort in climate change survey

Editorial: The climate conference in Copenhagen was neither a total failure nor a resounding success. There


Yes, Virginia

Editorial: EDITOR’S NOTE: The following editorial, among the most famous ever written, appeared in The New York


Look past today’s numbers toward a brighter future

Editorial: Look past today’s numbers toward a brighter future There’s something to be remembered about


Agreement on state budget averts crisis for schools

Editorial: Agreement on state budget averts crisis for schools Perhaps it was Gov. Ted Strickland’s threat to


Keep Interstate 80 free

Editorial: Keep Interstate 80 free The idea that Dwight D. Eisenhower set out to create a cash cow for state


Finalists for YSU presidency must be questioned closely

Editorial: In April 2007, during a visit to the Mahoning Valley, Chancellor of Higher Education Eric Fingerhut


Coach Wolford’s enthusiasm could be contagious at YSU

Editorial: At a time when Youngstown State University, like other public institutions of higher learning in