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Mayor takes proper approach in dealing with budget crisis

Editorial: Youngstown Mayor Jay Williams struck just the right note last week when discussing the city’s


Boardman Township workers should stand their ground

Opinion: Boardman Township workers should stand their ground EDITOR: Well I see the trustees of Boardman


Expand drug courts, reduce crime

Opinion: The treatment and rehabilitation of criminal offenders has made a comeback. Once looked upon with


Remember George, quiet diplomacy

Opinion: Ireland’s premier Bertie Ahern shocked his nation last week when he announced that he was resigning.


Why can’t these women just be rich?

Opinion: Singer Billy Joel’s wife was sitting on Oprah’s couch the other day chatting about her happy life


King and Kerner: An unfinished agenda

Opinion: America has had much to reflect upon with the interrelated 40th anniversaries of the final report of


It’s come to this

Opinion: Washington Post: Six-year-old Randy Castro playfully smacks little Katherine DeLeon on the bottom


Democrats’ anti-trade rhetoric a mistake

Opinion: SANTIAGO, Chile — Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, who seem to be competing over who is the


Zimbabwe will need help getting rid of all the evil

Editorial: For 28 years, the central African nation of Zimbabwe has been ruled by one of the most corrupt,


Attire Matters

Opinion: I couldn't help but chuckle at a story I edited earlier this week involving an event at Youngstown State University.


Bush flees from Iraqi refugee crisis

Opinion: In several recent speeches on Iraq, there was one issue President Bush never mentioned. That’s the


Boomers unpatriotic for retiring in prime

Opinion: When I hear my fellow baby boomers gleefully talk about their elaborate plans to retire ASAP, head


Aim for the middle ground

Aim for the middle ground Orlando Sentinel: The leading presidential contenders are miles apart on


Richardson’s disloyalty merits an insult

Opinion: Last Friday the New York Times asked me to comment on New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson’s endorsement


Support for Obama not act of disloyalty

Opinion: My recent endorsement of Barack Obama for president has been the subject of much discussion and