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Companies creating robot economy

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords There’s a robot in your future. Not one of those cute little labor-


Social Security at risk

Opinion: By Sam Pizzigati OtherWords How much did your paychecks total last year? You know the answer, of


Keep urban chickens out of Columbiana; vote ‘no’

Opinion: Keep urban chickens out of Columbiana; vote ‘no’ I am writing just a few days before the upcoming


Ohio’s victims protected; Marsy’s law isn’t needed

Editorial: Victims of crime deserve to be treated with respect and to be kept informed as the trial of the


Trump’s apologists just don’t care about the ongoing Russian probe

Opinion: By Dick Polman Cagle Cartoons Amid all the speculation about the scope and direction of Robert


Flaws in tax reform

Opinion: Federal income tax was first introduced under the Revenue Act of 1861 to help defray war costs.


It’s time for men in Valley to hairy up to fight cancer

Editorial: Over the past decade, a growing network of organizations in the world, the nation, the state and


Dems showing signs of courage

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Good news, people – at last, congressional Democrats have gotten a


Senator spoke truth to power

Opinion: By Dick Polman Cagle Cartoons Bravo to the Republican senator who stood tall in the chamber and


FOR RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, Oct. 25, 2017

Opinion: FOR RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, Oct. 25, 2017 GENE LYONS by Gene Lyons MILITARY RANK DOES NOT EXCUSE


Military rank doesn’t excuse lies

Opinion: By Gene Lyons Andrews McMeel Syndication Silly me, here I’d been fantasizing about a soft


Leone for Struthers judge

Editorial: MAHONING COUNTY REPUBLICAN Party Chairman Mark Munroe has thrown a monkey wrench into next Tuesday’s


Dragish for Canfield mayor

Editorial: There’s an interesting element in next Tuesday’s election for mayor of Canfield that voters would


Disaster relief in sad state

Opinion: By Jill Richardson OtherWords Five former U.S. presidents recently came together to raise money


America’s ‘forever wars’ demand full disclosure, tough decisions

Opinion: By Georgie Anne Geyer Andrews McMeel Syndication WASHINGTON It was the week that we Americans