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Supreme Court is redefining how U.S. seeks racial balance

Editorial: If the questions being asked by U.S. Supreme Court justices Monday during arguments on a school


Bush and Senate must work together to fill U.N. vacancy

Editorial: In the immediate aftermath of the November election, we were so caught up in the moment of change


Hail Cardinal Mooney, Warren JFK football teams

Editorial: If there were ever any doubts that the Mahoning Valley remains a powerhouse for exemplary high


Valley will gain with Fisher in state development office

Editorial: When Gov.-elect Ted Strickland announced recently that he wants Lt. Gov.-elect Lee I. Fisher to also


Public pension outrage in Pa.

Editorial: Last May, many incumbents in the Pennsylvania Legislature were victims of a voters' revolution


Strickland should hold on to workers' compensation chief

Editorial: In talking about filling cabinet and other top executive positions in state government, Gov.-elect


The AIDS epidemic continues to claim millions worldwide

Editorial: The news on World AIDS Day, 2006, is much like that of past years: mixed. Some progress is being


Honor for local libraries makes the Valley proud

Editorial: Last Sunday's Years Ago picture on page A-13 showed Youngstown's Central Square on a snowy Nov. 26,


Use one gauge to decide whether the cars go home: Does it benefit the taxpayers?

Editorial: There is really only one reason for a public employee to be driving a government car to and from


U.N. force is overdue to heal wounds in Darfur

Editorial: An inkling of good news but mostly more of the same bad news of murder, pillaging, rape and other


Ohio CORE program

Editorial: The CORE proposal is on the fast track. We shoudl and support it with a few reservations. A


As civil war batters Iraq, what's the U.S. to do?

Editorial: Thursday marked the deadliest day of sectarian violence since the start of the U.S.-led invasion of


Laziest Congress in history owes America a refund

Editorial: When Congress adjourns on Dec. 8, as the Republican leadership now intends to do, the last thing


Living the high life is only a memory for Noe now

Editorial: Tom Noe's theft of millions of dollars from the state Bureau of Workers' Compensation was, quite


4 million donation to YSU should inspire giving

Editorial: Tony Lariccia's 4 million contribution to Youngstown State University's Centennial Capital Campaign