Opinion and Editorial

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Who decides which roads to fix?

Opinion: Why would Western Re- serve Road be widened between Tippecanoe Road and Route 62?


Can I speak to an investigative reporter?

Opinion: We had an interesting story last Sunday that looked into questions that surround a steel-mill


Evil of violence takes many forms

Opinion: Evil of violence takes many forms It is so sad to read each day of the violence that is occurring


Get rid of the rusted scaffolding

Opinion: Want to know what the owners of a prime office building in the center of downtown Youngstown think


When silence is a crime

Editorial: When silence is a crime It should be the easiest crime of the century to solve. There were


U.S.-China, an odd couple

Opinion: The fates of the United States and China have become linked in ways no one could have imagined 30


Violent crime in the area gets attention it deserves

Editorial: The decision to conduct a mas- sive crackdown on crime in the Mahoning Valley, as opposed to just


A judgment call

Opinion: Philadelphia Inquirer: A federal judge’s ruling last week paving the way for prosecution of a


ADA should keep promises

Opinion: By Mike Ervin McClatchy-Tribune On Monday, I will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the signing


British PM won’t launch Lockerbie bomber probe

Editorial: Perhaps it was too much to expect the new leader of Great Britain to take on BP, a giant of British


Specifics on budget needed

Opinion: COLUMBUS Will one of the candidates for Ohio’s top office please — please! — elevate their


The Palins: Celebrity cures all

Opinion: WASHINGTON I owe Sarah Palin an apology. Two years ago, when the news broke about her daughter’s


Johnson gets GOP attention

Opinion: Bill Johnson is “on the radar” of the National Republican Congressional Committee. Johnson of


A tribute to Lucky and his lounge

Opinion: A tribute to Lucky and his lounge Todd Franko’s July 18 article was a fair and balanced report on


Let the legal system work

Opinion: Let the legal system work Los Angeles Times: A federal judge in New York has strengthened the case