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Health care forum example of intelligent discourse

Editorial: Health care forum example of intelligent discourse If there’s a lesson to be learned from Monday


Obama visit is well-timed boost to Lordstown plant

Editorial: Obama visit is well-timed boost to Lordstown plant Just eight months into his presidency,


Public should be livid about YSU giveaways

Editorial: May we suggest that the 400 or so employees of Youngstown State University who will receive bonuses


Obama sends a message that the trade climate is changing

Editorial: Obama sends a message that the trade climate is changing There are those who will call President


Searching for the center

Editorial: Searching for the center Editorial cartoonists often stretch the limits of credulity (and,


Rogue officer in Warren gets away with wrist tap

Editorial: On 14 dates, Warren police officer Emanuel Nites either showed up late for work or left work early


Owners of the Thunder have earned our thanks

Editorial: For three seasons, residents of this region were treated to great family entertainment with the


We can’t go on like this

Editorial: We can’t go on like this There’s been a lot of talk about options this summer as the future of the


License plates makeover ill-advised in a recession

Editorial: In politics, perception is reality — especially when it comes to the expenditure of taxpayer dollars


True to form, Traficant remains his own biggest fan

Editorial: True to form, Traficant remains his own biggest fan On Sunday, any number of churches in the


Afghans must have faith in deadly airstrike probe

Editorial: Last week’s air attack by U.S. fighter jets that killed up to 70 people, including many civilians,


For one in 10 Americans, today is a misnamed holiday

Editorial: For one in 10 Americans, today is a misnamed holiday Labor Day 2009 is not a very happy day for


Setting a new standard

Editorial: Setting a new standard Any new police chief has his work cut out for him in these days of tighter


V&M project: Strickland gives area reason to hope

Editorial: Mahoning Valley residents will not take kindly to governments in Girard and Youngstown failing to


Humanitarian crisis in Somalia troubling

Editorial: If the developed nations aren’t swayed by the extent of the human misery on display in northern