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The health-care debate must get down to specifics

Editorial: The health-care debate must get down to specifics There is more to health-care reform than talking


Charter schools ‘experiment’ got away from its creators

Editorial: When Ohioans were first sold the bill of goods that charter schools — many of them operated on a


A solution must be found to V&M Star land dispute

Editorial: We don’t know whether the parent company of Youngstown-based V&M Star Steel will give the green


Lockerbie bomber must die in prison in Scotland

Editorial: It’s an obscenity to talk about showing compassion for a mass murderer, but that’s exactly what’s


Vegas stands pat at 21, but Ohio pushes for 18

Editorial: Vegas stands pat at 21, but Ohio pushes for 18 Ohio voters have been, at best, ambivalent about


Facts argued against clemency

Editorial: Facts argued against clemency In the end, the facts mattered. And the primary fact was that


Tax renewal proper course for county’s library system

Editorial: Although the board of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County was reflecting the wishes


A sober look at a hot topic

Editorial: Chicago Sun-Times: There’s nothing like a dry research paper to help clear up the sexiest and most


Death of Taliban leader in Pakistan is good news

Editorial: The man considered the most dangerous individual in violence-prone Pakistan is dead, the victim of a


There’s no real substitute for a town hall meeting

Editorial: There’s no real substitute for a town hall meeting No one is eager to submit themselves to verbal


Military junta in Burma is still afraid of Suu Kyi

Editorial: Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is 64 years old, frail and has spent 14 of the last 20 years


Youngstown is paying the price for losses in Columbus

Editorial: Youngstown is paying the price for losses in Columbus The city of Youngstown is on the verge of


Obama admin says Washington Post: Stay open.

Editorial: Washington Post: Stay open. That was the guidance issued Friday by the Obama administration to the


Let Bill Clinton’s success serve as springboard for dialogue

Editorial: Some may simplistically view former President Bill Clinton’s mission to North Korea last week to


Valley projects win because of residents

Editorial: While it is proper to recognize the public officials who developed the Mahoning Valley projects that