Opinion and Editorial

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Trump’s ‘gift’ to jobless

Opinion: By LeeAnn Hall OtherWords On Jan. 11, the Trump administration issued a cruel announcement: If


Facts and analysis are playing diminishing role in public life

Opinion: WASHINGTON It cannot be a sign of social health that the number of tweets per day worldwide


Y’town businessman Adi a victim of GOP inaction

Editorial: Youngstown businessman Amer “Al” Adi Othman’s imprisonment by U.S. Immigration and Customs


In search of smoother roads ahead for Valley motorists

Editorial: Mahoning Valley drivers had better fasten their safety belts tightly as Mother Nature promises more


CAL THOMAS | Blame all of us for government shutdown

Opinion: If we don’t like what is happening in Washington – and few do – the blame must be placed squarely


TOM PURCELL | Hey feds, take your ethanol mandate, and shove it

Opinion: By TOM PURCELL Cagle Cartoons My back is sore from shoveling snow – and it’s the federal


By PETER FUNT

Opinion: By PETER FUNT Cagle Cartoons He looked pretty good sitting behind the antique partners desk in


Taking on the cookie monster

Opinion: By TOM Purcell Cagle Cartoons I’m on a diet – a miserable diet – just as millions of Americans


Choosing immigration criteria is definitely a Sisyphean task

Opinion: WASHINGTON In 1790, the finest mind in the First Congress, and of his generation, addressed in


Cloud of suspicion hangs over Probate Judge Rusu

Editorial: Given our long-standing support for Mahoning County Probate Court Judge Robert N. Rusu, we find


Foreign labor hurts blacks

Opinion: By Joe Guzzardi Cagle Cartoons When low-wage, H-1B visa holders displace American citizens,


Political breakdown in America threatens our ability to govern

Opinion: By Georgie Anne Geyer Andrews McMeel Syndication WASHINGTON In my youth, our mothers would


End the blame game to halt US government shutdown

Editorial: In this corner, angry Democrats are calling the closure of most federal government operations


Tax reform is already paying off for residents of Ohio, Youngstown

Opinion: Just before the first of the year, President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into law. Just a


State legislators, VA staff should support plan to aid female veterans in region

Editorial: A proposal to house homeless and down-on-their-luck female veterans in new transitional housing at