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Breast cancer and a coach’s care help make Christmas

Opinion: Elliott Giles has seen a lot of great football plays on the field for Youngstown State University


LETTER TO EDITOR: Benefits for illegal immigrants, stockholders

Opinion: I just read a story about a gentleman who had a good-paying job with health benefits and then one


Campbell cops give 200%

Opinion: Campbell cops give 200% EDITOR: Hats off to Campbell police for excellent service to our


LETTER TO EDITOR: Who's the CDC really working for?

Opinion: Last Friday afternoon an announcement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that didn’t


LETTER TO EDITOR: Since when did elected leaders become the ruling class?

Opinion: Since when did elected leaders become the ruling class? EDITOR: I’m mad as hell (and don’t know


LETTER TO EDITOR: Is global warming natural?

Opinion: EDITOR: Is global warming a natural occurrence? When I was in high school (1939), I had a science


Race plays leading role in chatter about ‘Avatar’

Opinion: If you thought James Cameron’s “Avatar” was just a 3-D fantasy flick about nice cat people vs.


A decade’s worth of uplifting columns

Opinion: It didn’t take long in 2000 for this column to become the beacon of all that’s bright and beautiful


Let’s stop griping about Christmas

Opinion: If there’s one thing I dislike more than the rampant commercialization of Christmas, it’s everybody


We’re-all-connected movies were a bust

Opinion: In the past decade, as our growing connectedness has gone from fact of modern life to airport-best-


Afghan police force prompts questions

Opinion: MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan — While the Obama administration is counting on Afghanistan’s security


All Americans should embrace the principles of Kwanzaa

Editorial: The Mahoning Valley will join the rest of the nation tonight in ushering in Kwanzaa, the seven-day


It’s past time for Congress to remember the children

Opinion: Washington Post: Sens. Mary Landrieu, D-La., and Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., introduced a bill this


Kenny Rogers’ recognition of Kaluzas showed class

Opinion: Kenny Rogers’ recognition of Kaluzas showed class EDITOR: I went to see the Kenny Rogers concert


Giving takes no holiday

Opinion: Throngs of runners dashed through the snow on Christmas Eve at Canfield Fairgrounds in the Jingle