Opinion and Editorial

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Government has its own ATM

Opinion: In the midst of the Vietnam War, when 550,000 military personnel were deployed there, members of


Youngstown BOE race presents clear choices

To say that the Youngs-town City School System is at a crossroads would be to state the obvious.


Until there are changes, vote ‘no’ in Brookfield

Opinion: EDITOR: I have been closely watching for the past 10 months the goings on of the Brookfield School


Salem faces challenges

Salem faces challenges It is going to take a diplomat for a mayor to navigate the waters in


Fear and loathing in her backyard

Opinion: Every evening around twilight, as the last traces of gold melt from the sky, the air above my


Youngstown schools face bleak futures if levy fails

The Youngstown City School District cannot cut its way back to solvency. So says Roger Nehls, head


New Zealand reflects globalization

Opinion: AUCKLAND, New Zealand — I’m scouring the downtown of this city, looking for an Internet wireless hot


War contractors run wild

Opinion: Orlando Sentinel: Call it bad timing. As President Bush added $46 billion to his latest spending


President plays into Castro’s hands

Opinion: Should President Bush be making major policy speeches on Cuba, as he did Wednesday? Or does that


Judgeship hopefuls put best letters forward

Opinion: The impending retirement of Mahoning County Probate Judge Timothy P. Maloney allows Ted Strickland to make his third judicial appointment in the Mahoning Valley during his first year as governor.


Muslim charity has ties to terrorists

Opinion: A federal judge in Dallas declared a mistrial in the case of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and


For Canfield trustee, Moracco

For Canfield trustee, Moracco A shrewder politician would have put off any talk of a “merger”

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Milton Township Trustees deserve a hand, not a slap

Opinion: Milton Township Trustees deserve a hand, not a slap EDITOR: In an Oct. 5 letter on “It’s past


Bush, Cheney beating the war drums again

Opinion: Hold on to your seats, ladies and gentlemen. It sounds like the president and vice president are


Case against Muslim charity was flawed

Opinion: Thanks to some jurors in a Dallas courtroom who refused to bow to religious bigotry and political