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And the winners are ... (wait) ... (wait) ...

Opinion: “The waiting is the hardest part.”


Not a teacher, not married to one and not a Creatore fan

Opinion: Not a teacher, not married to one and not a Creatore fan EDITOR: I would like to start off by


“Were they ever to leak, they would permit identification of your CIA colleagues who had

Opinion: “Were they ever to leak, they would permit identification of your CIA colleagues who had served in


Obama offers a new kind of politics

Opinion: BOSTON — I bow to no one in my distaste for food-fight politics. I don’t want to dine with


Giuliani laments Putin’s backstrokes

Opinion: Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani was in Washington last Tuesday to raise money … and


Eatery represents hope in Baghdad

Opinion: BAGHDAD — The last few years have been rough on Hassan Abid, the owner of a fish restaurant on Abu


Residency fight goes beyond what city workers want to what is best for the city

Residency fight goes beyond what city workers want to what is best for the city Warren Mayor


Another black eye for the Valley

Opinion: If Roger Dillon, his girlfriend, Nicole Boyd, and his mother, Sharon Gregory, are convicted of the


YSU board should place welfare of students above administrative convenience

Opinion: EDITOR: At a recent meeting, the Youngstown State University Board of Trustees voted to amend the


Youngstown must find a way of making the arena pay off

Given the caliber of the companies that have expressed an interest in operating the city-owned


No Child Left Behind spawns low standards

Opinion: WASHINGTON — No Child Left Behind, supposedly an antidote to the “soft bigotry of low expectations,”


What would Jesus say? Here’s one possibility

Opinion: What would Jesus say? Here’s one possibility EDITOR: December 25 is quickly approaching. When I


If White House won’t act, then it is up to Congress

Nine months have passed since the body of Karl Hoerig was discovered in his Newton Falls home — he


Wall between church, state breached

Opinion: Once upon a time in America, there actually was a palpable wall between church and state. It was a


Clearing the air a bit

Dallas Morning News: You can almost set your watch by it: Every 32 years, give or take a few months,