Opinion and Editorial

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Youngstown will hear Chevy Centre proposals Tuesday

Opinion: YOUNGSTOWN — City officials will hear a proposals today from a company wanting to manage the


Campbell mayor hires Jackson as city administrator

Opinion: CAMPBELL — Mayor John Dill has hired Lewis F. Jackson Jr., former 4th Ward councilman, as city


United States still needs the F-22 Raptor

Opinion: Gordon England blinked. The deputy defense secretary announced last week that the Pentagon will


Ignored, mental illness costs lives

Opinion: Things happen in this world that break your heart. You feel it crack, and it takes every ounce of


End the racial spoils system

Opinion: WASHINGTON — Come November, voters will decide more than half a million federal, state and local


Stock market provides woes and wisdom

Opinion: Global stock markets are in turmoil. The principal catalyst is the large amount of debt based on


“Too often, where we need water we find guns instead.”

Opinion: “Too often, where we need water we find guns instead.” Ban Ki-moon U.N. Secretary-General,


Chevy Centre’s future looks a little brighter

Editorial: We aren’t ready to break out the champagne just yet, but we are encouraged by the latest news about


Now is a good time for labor and democracy activists to press for worker rights

Opinion: Miami Herald: Now is a good time for labor and democracy activists to press for worker rights and


Clarifying recruitment issue as Catholic Schools Week opens

Opinion: Clarifying recruitment issue as Catholic Schools Week opens EDITOR: As Catholic Schools Week is


Pa. veterans in a bind

Opinion: Pa. veterans in a bind EDITOR: Our county has a nationwide backlog of 600,000 claims for


Waves wash away footprints, not memories

Opinion: Not long ago, I wrote of my friend. I referred to him by the name of Nick. He was a barber by trade.


Heltzel breaks a pledge, and that’s good

Opinion: Four years ago, Paul Heltzel had area officeholders squirming and the press buzzing when he pledged


Are colleges really businesses?

Opinion: A few years ago, a former president of the college where I work bought multiple copies of the book


Qualifications do matter for county sheriff’s post

Editorial: We urge the Ohio Supreme Court to take up the matter of former Deputy Sheriff David Aey’s