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Kasich remains true to self by refusing to back Trump

Editorial: When Ohio Gov. John R. Kasich steered clear of last month’s Republican National Convention because


Donald buddies up to Vladimir

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Please, people – stop denigrating Donald Trump as a foreign policy


Ending veteran homelessness is possible, communities show

Opinion: By Robert A. McDONALD and JULIAN CASTRO Tribune News Service When President Barack Obama in


Warren leaders have some explaining to do on tax plan

Editorial: Now that Warren City Council has placed a 0.5 percent income-tax increase levy on the Nov. 8


‘Ben-Hur’ returns for third time

Opinion: Since Mel Gibson’s 2004 blockbuster “The Passion of the Christ” grossed more than $600 million


Disney fixated on national parks

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords It’s summer vacation time and gasoline is quasi-cheap. So why not


US-Iran deal proves to be dud

Opinion: By TOM RIDGE Philadelphia Inquirer(TNS) Last week, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei accused


Failure of feds to finance Y’town plan is outrageous

Editorial: Unlike Youngstown Mayor John A. McNally, who was restrained in his reaction to the federal


Keep your cat indoors

Opinion: By Colleen O’Brien People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals I met Big Show nearly five


No, Mexico is not going to pay for Trump’s ‘beautiful’ edifice

Opinion: By Abby McCloskey The Dallas Morning News “Who’s going to pay for the wall?” asks Donald Trump,


Trump won’t defend Constitution

Opinion: WASHINGTON Like shipwrecked mariners clinging to a floating mast, many Republicans rationalize


When lawyers pursue obstruction, judges must protect the justice system

Editorial: The sun has risen and set more than 11,100 times since Danny Lee Hill was sentenced to death for the


A morally bankrupt, shameful act

Opinion: By Heidi Stevens Chicago Tribune Melania Trump’s nude photos are two decades old, and so is the


Keep the fisheries act intact

Opinion: By William Hogarth and Steve Murawski Tribune News Service Those who catch ocean fish, dine on


Cheers to three new Yo efforts

Opinion: Dennis Schiraldi and DOYO. Adrienne and Jon Howell and Faces of our Future. RJ Thompson and City