Opinion and Editorial

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Thoughts to keep you up at night

Opinion: By Danny Tyree Cagle Cartoons No single theme grabbed my attention last week, so we’re back to a


State should not bail out old nuclear power plants

Editorial: First Energy Solutions, which expects the state of Ohio to save its financially ailing Perry and


Democrat Bernie Sanders is FDR’s unimaginative echo

Opinion: WASHINGTON That the Democrats’ two evenings of dueling oratory snippets this week are called


Hall of Shame gets new inductee

Opinion: Just when it seemed that the epidemic of pubic corruption in the Mahoning Valley had been quelled by


Circling the silos

Opinion: Before the closure of Lordstown, this group of Mahoning Valley leaders was contacted by GM CEO Mary


U.S. REP. BILL JOHNSON | Americans in 2019 must still strive to earn D-Day troops’ sacrifice

Opinion: On June 6, along with much of the free world, Americans observed the 75th anniversary of D-Day – the


National debt demands attention

Opinion: By Tom Purcell Cagle Cartoons Breaking news: Federal spending is out of control. I’m kidding,


We should work to bring elder abuse out of shadows

Editorial: Krishmu Shipmon sounded the alarm loudly and clearly last week on the pervasive scope of pernicious


Racial wealth divide is huge

Opinion: By Jessicah Pierre OtherWords One day in late June, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston,


Mahoning Cty. Dems overhaul candidate endorsement process

Opinion: The Mahoning County Democratic Party elected Joyce Kale-Pesta as its chairwoman to be more of a


Daniel deserves no parole in horrible Warren crime

Editorial: In the annals of crime his- tory in Trumbull County, the cold-blooded murder of 65-year-old George


United States drowning in debt

Opinion: There are many addictions besides drugs, sex and power. There is also our increasing addiction to


Do you live in a fun state?

Opinion: By Danny Tyree Cagle Cartoons “You think there’s not a lot goin’ on/But look closer, baby,


GEORGE WILL: Oberlin College has graduated from self-caricature to disgrace

Opinion: “You Americans do not rear children, you incite them; you give them food and shelter and applause.”


Trump’s insistence Iran would fold is not evident

Editorial: A year after the president assured allies that U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear agreement would