Opinion and Editorial

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Make mental illness a priority

Opinion: By Jill Richardson OtherWords About a month ago, my life changed practically overnight. I’ve


Ex-Mayor Infante deserves to have book thrown at him

Editorial: As Visiting Judge Patricia Cosgrove contemplates the punishment she will mete out Friday to former


Banks imperil retirement savings

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords “Greed is good,” proclaimed Gordon Gekko, lead character in a 1987


Trump battles Trump

Opinion: By Will Durst Cagle Cartoons You don’t need a degree in psychoanalysis to figure out that Donald


Vulgarities are now mainstream

Opinion: To be vulgar once earned societal disapproval, ostracism from polite company and – in my


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Fill every seat at Covelli for Phantoms’ title series

Editorial: Beyond the realm of high school and college athletics, the term “Youngstown champions” may well


Trump’s enemies show no mercy

Opinion: By Michael Reagan Cagle Cartoons The Trump Haters in Washington are desperate. They can’t find


Plenty to clean up after the ‘dinner’

Opinion: By Peter Funt Cagle Cartoons What a shame that the people who will profit most from the tempest


Sen. Brown on the mark with concerns about VA

Editorial: Given the contradictory statements that emanate from the While House on a daily basis on a whole


Ready for the Royal nuptials

Opinion: By Danny Tyree Cagle Cartoons I’m an early riser, so I may very well watch the wedding of Prince


Are we trapped in a debt spiral?

Opinion: WASHINGTON From Scotland, where Adam Smith pioneered systematic thinking about economics, comes an


Our primary election 2018 endorsements in review

Editorial: It’s sad to say, but Tuesday promises to be yet another sleepy election day throughout the Mahoning


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Tax losses, charter schools prove need for school levy

Opinion: Tax losses, charter schools prove need for school levy


Continued Valley support essential for HomeGoods

Editorial: The decision by HomeGoods to pursue a proposed $160 million, 1.2-million-square-foot distribution


Scandals plague Ohio GOP

Opinion: It’s a given that public corruption in the Mahoning Valley will invariably feature Democratic