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For the love of O’Pete

Opinion: You might or might not see Pete Gabriel today at the 39th Mahoning Valley St. Patrick’s Day Parade


McNally shares the love

Opinion: Youngstown Mayor John A. McNally must still be swooning from the big, wet, juicy judicial kiss he


Old-age graduation present: A cane

Opinion: At 921/2, I have graduated to using a walking cane to gain my stability. Stability is something I


Term limits won’t solve problem of politics of the Supreme Court

Opinion: By Stephen I. VLADECK and JOHN C. EASTMAN The Dallas Morning News The upcoming Supreme Court


It’s like a dream without an end

Opinion: COLUMBUS I could say something about Yogi Berra and “deja vu all over again,” but that would be


Trump’s plan to finance private schools foolhardy

Editorial: Remember the good old days, when conservative politicians used to campaign to eliminate the U.S.


Unions can survive Trump

Opinion: By George Gresham Tribune News Service As a union president, I see the far-right takeover of the


Police chiefs are not in favor of enforcing US immigration laws

Opinion: By Chuck Wexler Los Angeles Times With an estimated 11 million undocumented people living in the


Trump can help prevent MYCAP agency’s demise

Editorial: In January, after Youngstown native Omarosa Manigault was tapped to serve in President Donald J.


Baseball in 21st century

Opinion: By John M. CRISP Tribune News Service Does baseball have a future in America, the land of its


Trump’s tweets take attention from real White House scandal involving environmental regs

Opinion: By Will Bunch Philadelphia Daily News I probably picked the wrong weekend for a long car trip


Republicans make it easier for mentally ill to get guns

Editorial: Back in 2012 when a mental- ly unstable man killed his mother and then 20 children and six faculty


Moving America forward

Opinion: By Stephen S. TANG The Philadelphia Inquirer As the son of immigrant scientists – and as a


Trump outlines strong platform in his first speech to Congress

Opinion: By Ramesh Ponnuru Bloomberg View Donald Trump has inspired two sets of doubts among


Wry squint into our grim future

Opinion: WASHINGTON Although America’s political system seems unable to stimulate robust, sustained