Opinion and Editorial

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Rebates not enough to jump-start the economy

Editorial: Jump-start the economy It is difficult to justify adding another $150 billion or so to the


Columbiana County JFS in need of new quarters

Editorial: Now that the chairman of the Columbiana County Board of Commissioners has publicly acknowledged that


Irony clear winner in presidential race

Opinion: At least one clear winner has emerged in the presidential campaign so far: irony. The indisputably


Shame on the vandal

Opinion: Shame on the vandal EDITOR: I am a former trustee of Youngstown State University having served


Take it easy, Bill

Opinion: Dallas Morning News: What about Bill? That is, what to make of the large and bumptious role former


Does Obama transcend race?

Opinion: BOSTON — I have been thinking about Ann Dunham’s other child, the girl child, the one she had with


Is America irrelevant in today’s world?

Opinion: DAVOS, Switzerland — Who would have imagined the drama? Just as 2,500 of the world’s most


Mideast peace process falters

Newsday: Despite the faint hopes raised by President George W. Bush at the Annapolis Mideast summit


“Everyone is rushing into Egypt before they seal it off. I fell because everyone is pushing,

Opinion: “Everyone is rushing into Egypt before they seal it off. I fell because everyone is pushing,


Some pro-lifers are political orphans

Opinion: In this political season, with all the talk about the role of faith in public life, we as a Catholic


This is the dawning of the ‘Age of India’

Opinion: Hardly a breath passes in today’s busy world without the mention of India. It is as if that emerging


What the FBI needs

What the FBI needs San Antonio Express-News: Politicians can talk all they want about national


In a city where murder has become a way of life, we’re still horrified

Editorial: In a city where murder has become a way of life, we’re still horrified Youngstown’s first murders


Will Lohan ever learn?

Opinion: Who knows? She might even learn something, staring so closely into death’s hollow eyes. Probably


Less than a mastermind

Opinion: The Bush administration’s case against alleged dirty bomber Jose Padilla has sputtered to an