Opinion and Editorial

Please note, our last day of publication was Saturday, August 31, 2019.

Patty Duke’s travails

Opinion: By Gina Barreca The Hartford Courant Patty Duke’s death Tuesday (at the too-early age of 69)

Editorial: If the primary election is any indication, Ohio’s Republican U.S. senator, Rob Portman, and his

Opinion: PARIS, FRANCE After Brussels, President Obama’s strategy of gradually degrading the Islamic State

Opinion: By Bryan Dean Wright Los Angeles Times A viral video released in February showed Boston

Opinion: By Daniel Speckhard The Baltimore Sun As we mark the fifth anniversary of the Syrian Civil War,

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords If you take the word “free” and rip the “r” out of it, what do you

Editorial: Passage last fall of widely applauded state legislation to crack down on Ohio’s largely

Opinion: By William Doyle Los Angeles Times The Harvard education professor Howard Gardner once advised

Opinion: By Mike Hashimoto The Dallas Morning News It must please the FBI to no end to have to endure

Editorial: In the fall of 2014, the then Youngstown City School District Academic Distress Commission issued

Opinion: By Javier Palomarez Austin American-Statesman Nine months. That’s how long the United States has

Opinion: Hardly a week goes by when an old friend doesn’t contact me with the same question: Could Donald

Editorial: Celebration, excitement and optimism rightly fill the air at the Lordstown General Motors Assembly

Opinion: By Joel Mathis and Ben Boychuk Tribune News Service The terrorist bombings in Belgium on

Opinion: The last couple of weeks in Youngstown could have you confused as to what the community can afford.