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Delmont's sentencing leaves key questions unanswered

Editorial: As he faces three-year prison sentence handed down by Judge Peter Kontos of the Trumbull County


Boehner gets half a cheer

Editorial: John Boehner is clearly an improvement over Tom "The Hammer" DeLay as majority leader of the U.S.


First lady of civil rights left her own mark on the nation

Editorial: Coretta Scott King devoted almost 38 years of her life to pursing her husband's legacy, but it is


Bush should use the next four weeks to fill in blanks

Editorial: President Bush's assertion Tuesday night that "Today, the state of our union is strong," was not


Google's record of resisting government intrusion mixed

Editorial: Google is fighting the good fight in the United States, but it folded like a cheap tent in China.


It is not ducky for Conti to serve on public board

Editorial: Donald "Ducky" Conti, whose recent actions as a board member of the Lawrence County Housing


Forget the filibuster, vote on Alito, for or against

Editorial: Some Democratic senators are talking about a filibuster to block the appointment of Judge Samuel


Valley deserves to be seen and heard in state capital

Editorial: Just two days after Youngstown Mayor Jay Williams publicly opined that the Mahoning Valley isn't on


While enrollment shrinks, challenges for schools grow

Editorial: Last week, Carolyn Funk, treasurer of the Youngstown City School District, said the district had


Ohioans to have a say on anti-smoking issue

Editorial: The Ohio General Assembly has before it a measure that aims to ban smoking in all public and work


In Middle East, democracy becomes fundamental(ist)

Editorial: Sometimes, democracy isn't all it's cracked up to be. The Palestinian territories of Gaza and the


Winning war on terrorism requires winning of hearts

Editorial: It was one small paragraph in a long Associated Press story out of Damadola, Pakistan, but what it


Ford's second big cutback of the decade is a shocker

Editorial: Even in a General Motors valley, people hate to see what's happening to Ford Motor Co. -- a company


Comments from YSU official deserve further exploration

Editorial: With his future as a key member of Youngstown State University's administration now a topic of


Restore honesty to Congress; rein in all the free-spenders

Editorial: As we pointed out in an editorial Sunday, the first step toward cleaning up the corruption in the