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


Valley public sector spending requires large dose of reality

Editorial: An independent study of the amount of money spent by governments and school districts in the


Despite our long-standing opposition to charter schools — the devastating effect they’re

Editorial: Despite our long-standing opposition to charter schools — the devastating effect they’re having on


Protecting American assets from international thieves

Editorial: Protecting American assets from international thieves For too long, Congress has ignored the


Arrest of barbaric ex-leader of Bosnian Serbs was overdue

Editorial: It has taken 13 years to bring Radovan Karadzic to justice, so it would be travesty if his trial on


Candidates talk about their plans for Iraq, but not about how they would pay for war

Editorial: Candidates talk about their plans for Iraq, but not about how they would pay for war While


New owner of WCI Steel promises exciting future

Editorial: Under any other circumstances, the announcement of a $100 million investment in a steel mill in the


Hill and Biros have avoided justice for too long

Editorial: Hill and Biros have avoided justice for too long There are some cases in which the death penalty


Fixing an old problem falls to the new mayor

Editorial: Fixing an old problem falls to the new mayor Two weeks ago, an editorial suggested that events


WRTA has a huge challenge persuading suburban voters

Editorial: After the overwhelming defeat in March of the 0.25 percent Mahoning County sales tax for the Western


When he was asked this week to comment on the genocide and war crimes charges filed against the

Editorial: When he was asked this week to comment on the genocide and war crimes charges filed against the


For the next two weeks, softball Reigns in the Valley

Editorial: For the next two weeks, softball Reigns in the Valley Beginning tomorrow, the weather in the


Denial of conditional license for racino is not a fatal blow

Editorial: While the developers of Valley View Downs, the proposed horse-racing track and casino in Lawrence


Pennsylvania shouldn’t turn I-80 into state’s cash cow

Editorial: Pennsylvania shouldn’t turn I-80 into state’s cash cow The state of Pennsylvania is once again


Leaders at the G8 summit gobble while many starve

Editorial: Last week’s meeting in Japan of the world’s richest nations will be remembered not for historic


Our ‘Incredible Shrinking City’ need not continue to shrink

Editorial: Our ‘Incredible Shrinking City’ need not continue to shrink On the surface, population estimates