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We must stop discounting women

Opinion: By Heidi Stevens Chicago Tribune Bill O’Reilly’s “James Brown wig” comment was horrendous.


Baseball numbers aren’t difficult, but this quiz may be a wild pitch

Editorial: Sportswriter: “You hit only two home runs all last year and already you’ve hit seven this year


Hope emerges for united, bipartisan war on opioids

Editorial: The roots of the deadly opiate and heroin epidemic run deep and continue to spread wildly out of


Pastor Protection Act is redundant and unfair

Opinion: Pastor Protection Act is redundant and unfair Republicans in the Ohio General Assembly have


Corrupting power of money on full display

Opinion: Corrupting power of money on full display It seems to me that the primary difference between


Don’t sell Youngstown State short

Opinion: The world of higher education is full of uncertainty. In nearly three years as the president of YSU,


Brazil still playing games with extradition of Hoerig

Editorial: Although the 4-1 vote last week by the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil to send Claudia Hoerig back


MVSD pampers Vigorito

Opinion: Question: What do you call time off from work with pay? Answer: A vacation! Question: What do


Meet Me At The Cross seeks to bring reconciliation to the body of Christ

Opinion: Doors open at 6 p.m., and the service begins at 7 p.m.


Chelsea Clinton can’t get a break

Opinion: By Ann Friedman Los Angeles Times This month, Variety magazine announced that it would honor


Gorsuch is bad news for disabled

Opinion: By Mike Ervin Tribune News Service If Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve on


Frank talk on drugs helpful

Opinion: Do you know somebody addicted to drugs? Or who has died as a result, either through an unintentional


Sane energy policy revived

Opinion: News Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Ind.): President Barack Obama all but declared a war on coal. Companies


Vital I-680 project merits expeditious completion

Editorial: In recent decades, population and development have witnessed noticeable growth in the southeastern


Mahoning County’s dirty laundry gets aired in court proceedings

Opinion: “Mahoning County [has a] rich history of corruption, and people in Mahoning County sell their