Opinion and Editorial

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Thank you, angels of care

Opinion: Many of us senior citizens owe our longer life spans to our modern day health care workers.


Make rail safety a priority

Opinion: By James J. McELDREW III The Philadelphia Inquirer In light of Tuesday night’s deadly tragedy


Lax gun laws driving down the price of illegal weapons

Opinion: By Lane Filler Newsday If you oppose the passage of a federal law requiring background checks


Let spirited debate begin on refreshment zones in Valley

Editorial: Can West Federal Street in down- town Youngstown soon resemble Bourbon Street in New Orleans or


Baltimore is a tale of cities in the US

Opinion: By Darryl Wellington Tribune News Service America cannot move forward without analyzing the


Obamacare displaying good health

Opinion: After a rough incubation, birth and infancy, the Affordable Care Act is a sturdy 5-year-old, showing


Voting precincts must be cut

Opinion: Cutting voting precincts is typically a slow process for several reasons – primarily objections


There are better solutions than raising minimum wage

Opinion: By David Neumark Los Angeles Times The slogans are everywhere: Fight for 15; People Not Profits;


Body cameras are a must if we’re to police the police

Opinion: By James S. MULLER Los Angeles Times Across the table from me, about to be deposed in a case of


Fiorina not qualified to be president

Opinion: WASHINGTON How depressing is it that, out of the more than a dozen announced or prospective


A mailman on a mission

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Neither rain, sleet, nor snow – nor even the likelihood that he’d be


Let’s not sugarcoat jobs report

Opinion: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: At first glance, the nation’s jobs report for April appeared positive,


Youngstown within its rights to require liability insurance

Editorial: As the season for parades, block parties, rallies and other events on the city of Youngstown’s


No subsidy for wind power

Opinion: McCook (Neb.) Daily Gazette: The nation’s only completely public power state has decided the public


To protect lives, keep ‘Shield’ operating at maximum force

Editorial: State, local and federal crime fighters teamed up over the weekend in a remarkably strong and