Opinion and Editorial

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Baseball must end diamond wars

Opinion: By Peter Funt Cagle Cartoons The boys of summer will be boys and it’s high time Major League


Select veteran councilman Patrick for Struthers mayor

Editorial: Effective governance at the federal, state or local levels cannot operate in a vacuum. Knowledge of


Reduce higher ed costs

Opinion: By Ariel Tomlinson OtherWords As a black woman who was raised in poverty, I understand what it


Y’town municipal court hopefuls show deep dislike for each other

Opinion: Judicial races, particularly for lower courts, are usually boring. The candidates usually stick to


3 strong candidates face voters in city’s 3rd Ward

Editorial: Residents of Youngstown’s 3rd Ward should consider themselves lucky this spring as they are blessed


Trump, Republicans in Congress have sired trillion-dollar deficits

Opinion: WASHINGTON Pursed lips and clucked tongues signaled disapproval among the wise and responsible


Residents can rest assured in Hubbard mayoral race

Editorial: Residents can rest assured in Hubbard mayoral race The Democratic primary election for mayor of


Bring back May Day

Opinion: By Saurav Sarkar OtherWords Most of the world recognizes May 1 – May Day – as International


Trump threatens sanctuary cities

Opinion: In the category of Mad magazine’s “scenes we’d like to see,” comes President Donald Trump’s threat


Taltoan offers promising leadership for 2nd Ward

Editorial: Few realistic observers, we suspect, would disagree with the assertion that the East Side of


Bashing Kate Smith is wrong

Opinion: By Christine Flowers Cagle Cartoons We have become a society that demands the utmost purity from


Critics taxing Sanders unfairly

Opinion: By Peter Funt Cagle Cartoons Of all the important issues in the 2020 campaign, how much money


Mueller’s report shows that the American system hasn’t buckled

Opinion: By DAVID IGNATIUS Washington Post WASHINGTON President Donald Trump’s conduct in office has


Niles Mayor Mientkiewicz has earned voters’ support

Editorial: Although the city of Niles is no longer under state-declared fiscal emergency, let there be no


President Trump is controlled by his bloodsucking relatives

Opinion: By Ann Coulter Andrews McMeel Syndication Even after Donald Trump won the presidency, Jared