Opinion and Editorial

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Clinton wins the world

Opinion: Now that American voters are drawing a clearer outline of November’s presidential contest, the rest


Plans to better link city’s major assets merit assent

Editorial: When one considers the most-valuable assets in and around downtown Youngstown, four quickly come to


Osama bin Laden’s killing key part of Obama’s legacy

Editorial: With the emergence of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the bloody campaign to create


Indian country suicides a scourge

Opinion: By Mark Anthony Rolo Tribune News Service Of all the ills plaguing American Indian communities,


Focus on the economy

Opinion: By Jay Ambrose Tribune News Service Increased economic growth – domestically, that’s the single


‘Bathroom bills’ won’t stop creeps

Opinion: By Rekha Basu Des Moines Register Have you seen a sex offender? What did he or she look like? A


Seizing upon deaths of celebrities

Opinion: By Ann Friedman Los Angeles Times Even before most major news outlets confirmed that Prince had


A bad time to be Cuban-American

Opinion: By Daniel Vasquez Sun Sentinel You heard the Bill Maher joke about Sen. Ted Cruz? If you’re


Full justice eludes Hastert, victims of sexual abuse

Editorial: On its surface, the sentenc- ing last week of Dennis Hastert, former Speaker of the U.S. House of


Troubles loom after Nov. vote

Opinion: Now that the contours of the general election are reasonably predictable, it is time to start


Trump’s leading GOP off a cliff

Opinion: WASHINGTON Donald Trump’s damage to the Republican Party, although already extensive, has barely


Zika virus is becoming a public-health crisis in US

Editorial: Only in government would decision-makers have the temerity to take a week off while important


Woman Card is broken

Opinion: By Helen Ubinas Philadelphia Daily News Something is wrong with my Woman Card. Maybe it got


Boycott of NC is counterproductive

Opinion: By Theoden Janes The Charlotte Observer Let’s just say, for the sake of argument, that you


Hilcorp Energy responds responsibly to 5 quakes

Editorial: The Greater Youngstown area certainly is no stranger to adversity tied to hydraulic fracturing for