Opinion and Editorial

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Even Elvis Presley paid his taxes

Opinion: By Dan K. THOMASSON Tribune News Service WASHINGTON Everyone hates paying taxes, especially


Grandson’s words came true

Opinion: “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.” This is a refrain that my now 32-year-old grandson Michael


Positive Pay is essential

Opinion: COLUMBUS Ever heard of something called Positive Pay? I hadn’t until Republican State Auditor


Kennedy earns re-election as Mahoning Co. coroner

Editorial: For more than two decades, Dr. David Kennedy has served capably as Mahoning County coroner.


Trump trumps Trump

Opinion: By Jay Ambrose Tribune News Service Donald Trump has met the enemy, and it is himself. There


Clinton blitzes through the Valley

Opinion: With the presidential election a month away – and early voting starting Wednesday – this has been a


For 6th time, don’t fall for anti-frackers’ bill of goods

Editorial: If this is election season in Youngstown, it must be time once again for a group of overzealous,


Jobs elude people who are blind

Opinion: By Kirk Adams Tribune News Service For most of us, work is a big part of how we define ourselves


‘Academic curtain’ on campuses

Opinion: Back in the days of the Cold War between the Communist bloc of nations and the Western democracies,


Trump’s tax flap not fatal

Opinion: By Christian Schneider Milwaukee Journal Sentinel There’s a scene in last year’s Beach Boys


Warren city government needs a boost in revenue

Editorial: The 0.5 percent income tax increase Warren residents are being asked to approve in November is by


Clinton should denounce Dean

Opinion: By Jonathan Bernstein Bloomberg View Here’s another test for the Democratic Party: How firmly


Why teach kids to hunt?

Opinion: By Craig Shapiro People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals How do you teach a child to kill?


Try political prediction markets

Opinion: By Philip Wallach Los Angeles Times Let me make a bold prediction: You would badly like to know


Stand up against violence this week and every week

Editorial: A rapid-fire stream of alarming contemporary headlines validates the truism that violence