Opinion and Editorial

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

Opinion | Our Voice | Columns Todd Franko Bertram de Souza David Skolnick Ernie Brown | Letters


Don’t politicize tragedy in Paris

Opinion: By Dalia Mogahed and John L. ESPOSITO Tribune News Service While the world mourned the savage


A cut in jobless benefits?

Opinion: COLUMBUS State lawmakers spent their final full week before the Thanksgiving holiday positioning


Immigration setback for Obama

Opinion: By Alvaro Huerta Tribune News Service Undocumented immigrants in this country can’t get a break.


Obama in denial about IS

Opinion: Just hours before the terrorist attacks in Paris last Friday, for which ISIS has claimed


Time to end the prison madness

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords “Too many people are behind bars that don’t belong there,” declared


Kasich hangs in there – barely

Opinion: Conventional wisdom when it comes to presidential politics is that governors and former governors


Mob rule in higher education

Opinion: By Andrew Kloster The Heritage Foundation America’s universities are supposed to be places where


Why is Ben Carson unraveling?

Opinion: By Clarence Lusane Tribune News Service We shouldn’t be surprised that the wheels are coming off


Obama appears tone deaf in wake of Paris massacre

Editorial: President Barack Obama is unwavering in his belief that the administration’s strategy for defeating


Why did IS target Paris?

Opinion: By John R. BOWEN Los Angeles Times Friday night, in the center of Paris, hundreds of people were


Will lord of manor get locked up?

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Don Blankenship had it all. The West Virginia coal baron had


For a century, Central Y has played central role in Valley

Editorial: As the Central YMCA on Champion Street in the heart of downtown Youngstown crosses the century mark


Outcry proves meat is addictive

Opinion: By Heather Moore People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals The meat-eating public’s general


Rubio’s plan is flawed

Opinion: By Francis Wilkinson Bloomberg View Marco Rubio has a three-step plan on illegal immigration.


Hiring of ‘consultant’ for city schools cannot stand

Editorial: Interim Superintendent Stephen Stohla’s refusal to identify the members of the Youngstown Board of