Opinion and Editorial

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Suburban America can’t ignore US opiate plague

Editorial: As most should recog- nize by now, the tentacles of the monstrous heroin epidemic in this country


Death row on the move yet again

Opinion: Prison officials believe they’ve solved their execution issues, via a new three-drug lethal


Reading, writing & civics

Opinion: Toledo Blade: U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. is calling for renewed attention to


Newt’s curious sex talk

Opinion: By Heidi Stevens Chicago Tribune If Megyn Kelly were fascinated with sex, as Newt Gingrich


Trump campaign is surprisingly disengaged in Mahoning Valley; no recent visit by the candidate

Opinion: With Donald Trump’s success in the Mahoning Valley during the March Republican primary, several


GM’s financial growth fuels Valley’s optimism

Editorial: American engineer, busi- nessman and politician Charles Erwin Wilson proudly told members of the


Warning kids about sexual assault

Opinion: By Tyra Damm The Dallas Morning News I wish we lived in a world in which we didn’t have to read


Don’t lump immigrants together

Opinion: Despite controversies that rage over immigration, it is hard to see how anyone could be either for


Tainted studies scary

Opinion: By Karin Klein The Sacramento Bee The public was shocked (it shouldn’t have been) and angered


Boccieri, Sanderson excel in House district contests

Editorial: Mahoning County would be well served by having Democrat John Boccieri and Republican Corrine


Why not a third-party candidate?

Opinion: By Joel Mathis and Ben Boychuk Tribune News Service Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are two of


What’s next in Islamic State fight?

Opinion: By Ivan Eland Tribune News Service As a motley group of forces attempts to retake Mosul from the


Clinton, Trump unfit

Opinion: By Jay Ambrose Tribune News Service Real issues arose in the third and final presidential


For Trumbull state reps: Holmes, O’Brien get nods

Editorial: Save for a relatively few bad apples, representatives from the Mahoning Valley in the Ohio General


What plans are being made for Mosul after jihadis driven out?

Opinion: As Iraqi and Kurdish troops began the operation to liberate Mosul from the Islamic State, with help