Opinion and Editorial

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Mainstream media played a role in Trump’s victory, Clinton’s loss

Opinion: By Dick Polman Cagle Cartoons Hillary Clinton’s new cri de coeur discomfits the many Democrats


Internet stunting growth

Opinion: By Danny Tyree Cagle Cartoons According to the Agence France-Presse news service, researchers


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Anthony Lariccia towered as a saint for the Valley

Editorial: Rudyard Kipling, renowned English journalist and writer, is perhaps best known for this compelling


Are we able to survive each other?

Opinion: By John L. MICEK Cagle Cartoons Two essays last week, by two very different authors, take us


Let’s not spoil the football fantasy

Opinion: By Peter Funt Cagle Cartoons A third-grade teacher once wrote on my report card, “Peter is


GOP leadership in Congress should take McCain’s advice

Editorial: 22222That comment from U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., does more than merely explain the veteran


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Lawmakers keep piling on those convicted of sex crimes

Opinion: How much is too much? Ma’lik Richmond must be asking himself that very question. The on-again, off-


New U.S. health care bill and Issue 2 deserve defeat

Opinion: New U.S. health care bill and Issue 2 deserve defeat Hurry to tell your legislators to vote “no”


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Y’town’s state report card shows schools in jeopardy

Editorial: A dozen F’s on Youngs- town School District’s state report card should be considered the warning


Same old story in Infante probe

Opinion: Is there another “Mr. Big” lurking in the dank confines of government corruption in the Mahoning


We all deserve great health care

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Want good quality, lower-cost health care for your family. And –


Trump’s hiring order stalls

Opinion: By Joe Guzzardi Cagle Cartoons While the headlines scream DACA, DACA, DACA (Deferred Action for


Illegal immigration trumps any other issue, including a hurricane

Opinion: By Ann Coulter Andrews McMeel Syndication During the campaign, Donald J. Trump made lots of


Unprecedented disasters call for international aidSFlb

Editorial: The late summer of 2017 may well go down in the annals of Western Hemisphere weather history as


Cheap speech carries a high price

Opinion: WASHINGTON At this shank end of a summer that a calmer America someday will remember with