Opinion and Editorial

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Austintown schools’ chief staying because of critics

Editorial: Opponents of Austin- town schools Superintendent Vince Colaluca have made no secret of their desire


Sweet tooth for chocolate never dies

Opinion: Reflecting on my memories of the rough old days, life sure was tough growing up in the Great


Kudos to dads who are living lives the right way

Opinion: CNN’s Don Lemon once interviewed retired Gen. Colin Powell about the pressing issues facing black


Women suffer in silence

Opinion: By Jeannette Urquilla Los Angeles Times SAN SALVADOR El Salvador has one of the worst records


Messages from an articulate, worldly hijab-wearing woman

Opinion: By Zehra Naqvi The Dallas Morning News Dear Stranger with a Chip on Shoulder/Savior/Feminist


Y’town goes the distance with inaugural marathon

Editorial: Come bright and early Sunday morning, Youngstown at last will be in the running with the big-league


Misinterpreting Carson

Opinion: The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.): Moments after Ben Carson called poverty “a state of mind,”


Trump administration’s numbers in budget blueprint don’t add up

Opinion: The Trump administration got caught attempting to commit fake math recently. It didn’t succeed.


In love with charters

Opinion: By Harold Meyerson Los Angeles Times The billionaires, apparently, we shall always have with us


Adjudicate swiftly lawsuit against makers of opiates

Editorial: The editorial cartoon published on this page Thursday aptly depicted the Grim Reaper feeling


Clinton reveals liberal blind spots

Opinion: By Ramesh Ponnuru Bloomberg View Speaking at Wellesley College Friday, Hillary Clinton recalled


Police training stresses sensitivity

Opinion: By James Ragland The Dallas Morning News I’ve had some thoughtful conversations in recent weeks


Trump pledges $300M to fight famine in Africa

Editorial: Lost in the controversies that plagued President Donald J. Trump’s first trip abroad was the


Judges overstep bounds

Opinion: By Jay Ambrose Tribune News Service Donald Trump is unfit to be president, it is said, and, sure


Trump’s dead-on-arrival budget has several noteworthy elements

Opinion: By Albert R. HUNT Bloomberg View It’s easy to see why President Donald Trump was 6,000 miles