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Trump administration acts to harm animals

Opinion: Trump administration acts to harm animals As he was signing edicts hurting one group after


YSU’s global connections crucial

Opinion: If Youngstown State University and the Greater Mahoning Valley region plan to continue to diversify


Making political giving tax deductible is wrong

Editorial: There are a host of good reasons to go to church. Having the minister tell you how you should vote


Giving Narcan to addicts can be counterproductive

Opinion: Giving Narcan to addicts can be counterproductive The heroin and fentanyl epidemic continues to


Another black eye for the Valley

Opinion: One of the Mahoning Valley’s infamous sons hobnobbed with the president of the United States of


What our inner cities need most

Opinion: President Trump has stormed around Black History Month promising to fix inner cities for “the


Commitment of US to Europe’s peace, prosperity now uncertain

Opinion: By James Kirchick Los Angeles Times Since the end of World War II, the trans-Atlantic


Navy memories of WWII endure

Opinion: As a nonagenarian, the older I get the more difficult it is to clear the cobwebs from my mind. What


Fentanyl dangers escalate

Opinion: Take a penny out of your pocket. Or borrow one from somebody. Heck, look around on the ground, and


Take to heart key actions for longer, healthier lives

Editorial: With St. Valentine’s Day fast approaching Tuesday, the national spotlight is shining brightly on


Get moving on STOP now

Opinion: Toledo Blade: In September, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, was a co-sponsor of the Synthetics Trafficking


Press must do its job

Opinion: By Jerry Franklin The Hartford Courant During the New England Patriots run to the 2015 Super


Scramble is on to succeed judges who can’t run again due to age

Opinion: Once a judge in Ohio has been elected a couple of times, that person usually has a job for life.


Perils of potholes in area, nation need our attention

Editorial: One jolting down side of this winter’s relatively mild weather can be seen and felt on many of the


Is Trump equivalent of Skynet?

Opinion: By Cathy O’Neil Bloomberg View There’s been some debate over when Donald Trump decided to run