Opinion and Editorial

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Objects of one’s life story

Opinion: By Gina Barreca The Hartford Courant What object without inherent beauty or aesthetic


Celebrating women’s history as more women make history

Editorial: Over the past 12 months, those towering glass ceilings that have kept women down from reaching the


Israel has a right to defend itself

Opinion: By Michael Rubin Tribune News Service The ballistic missile test Iran conducted in late January


Can Trump work money magic?

Opinion: By Ann McFeatters Tribune News Service WASHINGTON OPM. Other people’s money. After


Wall St. up to old tricks

Opinion: By Chuck Collins OtherWords Remember October 2008 – the bank bailouts, the spiking unemployment


Will Trump be presidential in first speech to Congress?

Editorial: We ask that question in the headline about President Donald J. Trump’s appearance tonight at a


Supporting the arts for our sake

Opinion: By Dana Gioia Los Angeles Times The National Endowment of the Arts is under attack – again. The


Trump should rein in Israel

Opinion: By John B. QUIGLEY Tribune News Service Following January’s widely condemned ballistic missile


Wall St. ‘sodbusters’ are a menace

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords I love the names: Bobcat Farm, Golden Eagle Ranch, Long Prairie, Ten


Harvest for Hunger merits communitywide support

Editorial: The relentless pain of hunger shows no signs of loosening its tight and agonizing grip on our


Right-to-work law still totally wrong for Ohio

Opinion: Right-to-work law still totally wrong for Ohio It’s d j vu all over again in the Ohio


America’s public pension crisis jeopardizing cities and states that must deliver on promises

Opinion: WASHINGTON Some American disasters come as bolts from the blue – the stock market crash of October


Eastern Gateway’s growth reflected in Y’town’s gains

Editorial: Spend some time talking to Dr. Jimmie Bruce, president of Eastern Gateway Community College, and


Y’town’s black eye getting worse

Opinion: The disappearance of a prospective candidate for mayor of Youngstown – or any community, for that


Trump’s diplomatic style all about his personal connections globally

Opinion: By Andrew Malcolm Special to McClatchy While much of the news – real or fake – out of Washington