Opinion and Editorial

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Can’t stand people? Have a ‘DVD’ over

Opinion: You could tell that the holiday season had arrived when you started seeing stories about how


Black culture, history in the news

Opinion: The next three months will provide several opportunities for black people to get acquainted — or reacquainted — with their culture and history.


‘Diversity’ will destroy us

Opinion: No one ever accused Patrick J. Buchanan of lacking conviction or of consulting a focus group before


Time to settle in Austintown

Time to settle in Austintown It is time for the Austintown Board of Education and the Austintown


Good, but not that good

Opinion: Good, but not that good EDITOR: Milan Paurich’s review of the Youngstown Playhouse production of


Chavez using oil in battle with U.S.

Opinion: Venezuelans will vote Sunday on a referendum ginned up by their president, Hugo Chavez, that could


“This is a counterinsurgency. I am not going to tell you there hasn’t been anyone beaten

“This is a counterinsurgency. I am not going to tell you there hasn’t been anyone beaten up. I am


Fiddling by Dems will inflame Hawaii

Opinion: “I decide who is a Jew around here.” Hermann Goering In 1934 when told that a favorite Munich


Mideast peace: A road to nowhere?

Opinion: The one-day Anna-polis peace conference on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict really scared me. It


Mideast peace summit risky business for Israel

Opinion: Just as Thanks-giving and Christmas come around with predictable regularity, so, too, do Middle East


“Obviously, I am concerned about the consequences of a failed conference — or a failed

Opinion: “Obviously, I am concerned about the consequences of a failed conference — or a failed process in


Let pharmacists prescribe certain drugs

Opinion: Allow pharmacists to dispense certain drugs without a prescription from a physician? The Food and


McClellan’s claim about CIA leak case should be probed

When he commuted I. “Scooter” Libby’s 30-month jail sentence for bribery, obstruction of justice and


Charter schools having a positive impact

Opinion: Charter schools are the black sheep of Ohio public education — blamed for the financial woes of


Virtual border fence is virtually useless

Opinion: A “virtual fence” to defend our border with Mexico? You know, detectors and sensors and cameras and