Opinion and Editorial

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Some sobering thoughts

Editorial: Some sobering thoughts There is no question that there are bright spots in Youngstown and the


Mahoning County officials have a difficult road ahead

Editorial: If, as Commissioner David Ludt contends, Mahoning County government is in the grip of an economic


Wealth creation a good thing

Opinion: I was in a meeting with a great Valley company last week discussing its mission and strategy for the


Romero deserves sainthood

Opinion: By Randy Jurado Ertll McClatchy-Tribune The pope should make El Salvador’s Archbishop Oscar


Let the sunshine in

Opinion: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Doctors should be required to tell their patients if they are on the


Ohio’s lawmakers busy at last

Opinion: COLUMBUS In a rare showing of legislative cooperation, the Republican-controlled Ohio Senate and


Killing of Somali pirate could be a turning point

Editorial: For the first time since pirates from the war-torn, lawless nation of Somalia began disrupting


He should have waited to light up

Opinion: He should have waited to light up Seeing the March 25 front page picture of J.J. Cafaro being


Judges avoid a bloody budget battle

Opinion: It could have been a nasty showdown. Youngstown Municipal Court’s judges wanted a $500,000


Paisley and politics of peace

Opinion: Paisley and politics of peace Los Angeles Times: Northern Ireland’s Protestant war horse, the 83


Census price tag is historic

Opinion: By William F. SHUGHART II McClatchy-Tribune April 1 is officially “Census Day” — no fooling!


Those were the days

Opinion: WASHINGTON The writer was an upstate New York lawyer active in Democratic politics. When his


There’s a shift in health care dynamic

Opinion: Already, the political dynamic on health care has started to change. Though Democrats still face a


Google takes a stand and tells China to go censor itself

Editorial: In its meteoric rise, Google hasn’t made many mistakes. A company doesn’t go from two guys and a


A positive step

Opinion: Loveland (Colo.) Daily Reporter-Herald: There’s a justice in overdraft protection fees: Those who