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Leaping into the Taser age can’t be done on faith alone

Editorial: Leaping into the Taser age can’t be done on faith alone Note to Youngstown City Council: There is


Two years is a long time for justice to be served

Editorial: “We’re a nation of the rule of law.” That line is repeated so often by government officials from


Just being able to vote is reason enough to be excited

Editorial: Just being able to vote is reason enough to be excited Tuesday’s election is not a very big


Lessons to be learned from the Chrysler bankruptcy

Editorial: Lessons to be learned from the Chrysler bankruptcy The bankruptcy of Chrysler — a company that


Residents living with crime must participate in cleanup

Editorial: It isn’t easy for law-abiding citizens to watch as their neighborhoods deteriorate because of crime,


Funding education in Ohio has not undergone change

Editorial: Let us stipulate that the nation is in the midst of an economic recession, unemployment is rising


For president of council in Struthers: Protopapa

Editorial: For president of council in Struthers: Protopapa We suppose there are some candidates who are


Mayor Williams has earned re-election; work to be done

Editorial: When we made note of the historic nature of Jay Williams’ victory as mayor of Youngstown in November

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GM’s proposed drastic cuts may still not be enough

Editorial: GM’s proposed drastic cuts may still not be enough When the catalog of cuts outlined by Fritz


Can U.S. trust Pakistan to control the Taliban?

Editorial: It doesn’t take a Zbigniew Brzezinski or a Henry Kissinger to know that Pakistani President Asif Ali


A welder didn’t start the fire, it was already burning, ’cause the world was turning

Editorial: A welder didn’t start the fire, it was already burning, ’cause the world was turning Twenty-five


Probe of disposal of property in Mahoning County lacking

Editorial: “Who was minding the store?” We direct the question at Mahoning County government officials in the


Thinking outside the box

Editorial: Thinking outside the box We don’t know if a church and a community theater can coexist in a single


Two-month prison stay is not punishment fitting the crime

Editorial: Visiting Judge Thomas P. Curran does not want Timothy Marino, a key player in a major criminal


Some culprits in fleecing of America wear robes

Editorial: Some culprits in fleecing of America wear robes It’s easy enough these days to hear partisan