Opinion and Editorial

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Boardman trustees receive guidance on budget crisis

Editorial: When Boardman Township trustees meet Wednesday to continue their discussion about the budget crisis


Low IQ is not an excuse or a determinant of violence

Opinion: Low IQ is not an excuse or a determinant of violence EDITOR: For too long I have remained silent


Will Obama debate in Y’town?

Opinion: “I would like Sen. Obama to meet me in Youngstown. Let’s have a debate about the issues that are


Iraq, Iran will emerge as fall campaign issues

Opinion: WASHINGTON — Foreign policy has slipped to the periphery of presidential politics, displaced by a


No one likes to pay taxes, but WRTA provides a public service worth supporting

Opinion: EDITOR: No one likes to pay taxes. And I will admit that I have voted against a few ballot levies


Columbiana voters can choose

Editorial: Columbiana voters can choose The future of Columbiana County’s present sheriff remains uncertain,


Who will the talk radio haters love?

Opinion: I’m worried about hate radio. It could be losing its influence. If hate radio loses its


Cities get shortchanged in Bush’s spending plan

Editorial: Lost in all the chatter about the economic stimulus package, the Democratic and Republican primary


Obama excels as a political orator

Opinion: Barack Obama is easily the best political orator in my lifetime, but not in the republic’s lifetime.


Hamas must end attacks

Opinion: Miami Herald: If the terrorists of Hamas were firing lethal rockets into any country besides Israel,


Talk of Clinton’s demise premature

Opinion: Forget the scenarios of a stalemated Democratic convention or unelected delegates overriding elected


Ted Kennedy to boost Obama during YSU talk Saturday

Opinion: YOUNGSTOWN — Sen. Edward Kennedy is coming to Youngstown State University today to campaign for Sen.


Beware of America’s new challengers

Opinion: how he sees it Beware of America’s new challengers Imagine: 100 companies, many virtually


Free, Fair, or What?

Free, Fair, or What? Los Angeles Times: Elections are rarely stolen on election day, except in the


“Let us make our voice heard by all the enemies and murderers that we will be

Opinion: “Let us make our voice heard by all the enemies and murderers that we will be victorious.”