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


Girard should get the picture

Editorial: It should come as no surprise that Judge John M. Stuard of Trumbull County Common Pleas Court ruled


Citizens have right to expect the equal application of law

Editorial: If it turns out that Officer Donald Korda of the Mill Creek MetroParks Police Department was correct


Lives saved are a testament to Gates Foundation vision

Editorial: Shortly after billionaire Warren Buffett, one of the richest men in the world, announced that he was


U.S. is back in space, with an eye on the future

Editorial: For a while, U.S. space travel became casual -- with tragic results. No more. The U.S. space


Salem has a lot to celebrate, and it is doing so in style

Editorial: It isn't over yet. You might say it has only just begun. The Salem Bicentennial celebration, that


Court finds gerrymandering is in tune with democracy

Editorial: Justice Potter Stewart, talking about hard-core pornography in 1964, said he didn't know exactly how


Depths of Delphi Packard cuts are a shock to Valley

Editorial: The startling news that Delphi Packard Electric in Warren plans to eliminate 75 percent of its jobs


Loss of a $1.1 million grant puts Girard under the gun

Editorial: Girard lawmakers are to blame for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers withdrawing a $1.1 million grant


Case of Cuba detainees goes to heart of American values

Editorial: The Supreme Court's ruling Thursday regarding the president's power to unilaterally oversee the


Democracy in Pakistan is easier said than done

Editorial: While Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was in Pakistan Tuesday reminding President Gen. Pervez


Protecting the flag at the expense of the Constitution is a bad bargain for America

Editorial: An amendment to the Constitution barring the burning of the American flag wouldn't be just any


Gains can make amends for giving Sturgeon a pass

Editorial: Disgraced Boardman Atty. Edward F. Sturgeon should be suspended indefinitely from the practice of


Valley must work to duplicate economic development gains

Editorial: What a refreshingly uplifting week it has been on the economic development front in the Mahoning


Court of appeals smacks Pennsylvania racing panel

Editorial: The opinion written by Judge Rochelle S. Friedman was straightforward and biting: "The law is


'Fiscal watch' designation doesn't inspire confidence

Editorial: Youngstown city school officials knew that a fiscal recovery plan that didn't take the district all