Opinion and Editorial

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Storms roiling Team Trump

Opinion: By Will Durst Cagle Cartoons You don’t need a weatherman to see that the storm clouds gathering


Destination program builds valuable skills for students

Editorial: When educaTIONAL analysts are asked to rank the competencies in shortest supply among today’s


Clean water act in peril

Opinion: Akron Beacon Journal: The shipping industry long has criticized the way the discharge of ballast


Military buildup coming

Opinion: By Adam Johnson OtherWords One of the most effective rhetorical tools in normalizing massive


Story of US Rep. Paul Ryan is a tragedy of multiple dimensions

Opinion: By David M. SHRIBMAN Andrews McMeel Syndication Finally, House Speaker Paul Ryan edged President


Facebook will not change

Opinion: By Rick Jensen Cagle Cartoons From the moment Mark Zuckerberg began to read his opening


Assad ultimately to blame for missile attack on Syria

Editorial: President Donald J. Trump’s declaration of “mission accomplished” following Friday night’s missile


Expedite hiring to make coroner office whole again

Editorial: Taxpayers throughout Mahoning County should be heartened to learn they’ll likely soon reap stronger


Usual political gravity has failed to bring down Greitens and Pruitt

Opinion: WASHINGTON It feels some days as if the ordinary laws of political physics have been suspended.


Letters to the Editor: April 15, 2018

Opinion: Letters to the Editor: April 15, 2018


Should online purchases be subject to state sales taxes?

Opinion: WASHINGTON South Dakota has become what South Carolina once was – stubborn, pugnacious and wrong.


Puzzling decision in Trumbull County

Opinion: Trumbull County's new administrator came out of nowhere to land the $85,000 a year job, but insists


GM’s Lordstown complex shaken by more bad news

Editorial: The handwriting is on the wall of the massive General Motors car assembly complex in Lordstown, but


Facebook didn’t put a hex on you into voting for Donald J. Trump

Opinion: By Gene Lyons Andrews McMeel Syndication So here’s my question: If you’re all about personal


Adults must stop the bullying

Opinion: By Jill Richardson OtherWords Bullying’s been in the news a bit lately, in part because of the