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Soledad’s visit to YSU continues wish to pay it forward

Opinion: Politics aside – it’s refreshing to watch Ben Carson soar to the top of the Republican list of


College students have too much privacy under federal legislation

Opinion: By Michele Willens Los Angeles Times A few years ago, an acquaintance received a stunning phone


Oil, gas taxes up in the air

Opinion: COLUMBUS Will state lawmakers be in a position in a few weeks to recommend an increase in taxes on


Congress should end the partisan bid to stonewall Iran nuclear agreement

Editorial: Two months ago when we urged Congress to rise to the occasion of statesmanship in debating the


C. Gilbert James Jr. towers as community powerhouse

Editorial: 2Fair officials renamed the bustling Gate 7 of the fairgrounds in his honor to recognize his decades


Could Trump win?

Opinion: I talked with Republican wise men last week – sober establishment strategists who have seen many


Battle for Democratic nomination for US Senate heats up as the two hopefuls clash over paid sick leave

Opinion: The U.S. Senate campaign of Cincinnati Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld used President Barack Obama’s


Past and future of refugee crisis

Opinion: The refugee crisis in Europe is one of those human tragedies for which there are no real solutions,


Scales of justice in US

Opinion: By John M. CRISP Tribune News Service Here’s a word that we don’t use much: “condign.” It’s


Lawsuit aimed at killing the Youngstown Plan will lay bare secrecy charges

Editorial: To hear leading opponents tell it, the state initiative to save the academically troubled Youngstown


In produce, ugliness is skin deep

Opinion: By Jordan Figueiredo Los Angeles Times Approximately 26 percent of all fruits and vegetables are


Europe in grips of crisis

Opinion: Back when I was in school, I performed a scientific experiment in which I poured a liquid of one


New YSU trustee offers an important perspective

Editorial: There was a time when we were dedicated editorially to the proposition that members of Youngstown


There is a certain spookiness in growing up Italian Catholic

Opinion: By Christine M. FLOWERS Philadelphia Daily News I have friends who cannot watch horror movies


Trump is not an outlier

Opinion: By Donald Kaul OtherWords There are those who would have you believe that Donald Trump is an