Opinion and Editorial

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Ex-school board member IDs traits for ‘effective superintendent’

Opinion: Ex-school board member IDs traits for ‘effective superintendent’ One of the most difficult tasks


Level the playing field in trade

Editorial: Sherrod Brown, senior U.S. senator from Ohio, long has distinguished himself as a champion of free


Youngstown schools need chief unafraid to move ahead boldly

Editorial: The decision by the Youngstown City Schools Academic Distress Commission to fill the singularly


Hillary’s historic run an immigrant grandmother’s dream

Opinion: By Sally Friedman The Philadelphia Inquirer My first thoughts after hearing that Hillary Clinton


Political shake-up hits Niles

Opinion: It wasn’t just the longtime mayor of Niles, Ralph Infante, who was a victim of the political shake-


Mother of resident at YDC: Please don’t close the facility

Opinion: Mother of resident at YDC: Please don’t close the facility I am writing to express my con- cern


A thank-you, 40ish years later

Opinion: A street in Boardman is named for Frank Stadler, who lived a colorful life early in the 20th century


Nuclear energy fuels measure

Opinion: COLUMBUS There’s a growing interest among state lawmakers in “liquid core molten salt reactors


Germany assisted US in spycraft

Opinion: By Leonid Bershidsky Bloomberg News “Treason,” reads the latest cover of Germany’s influential


Defeat of S. Range school levy means opponents must deliver

Editorial: Rejection of the 4.9-mill addi- tional operating levy for the South Range schools in Tuesday’s


Charters need more oversight

Opinion: Columbus Dispatch: With at least two bills in the General Assembly and provisions in Gov. John


Congress stalls on war vote

Opinion: When President Obama announced nine months ago that the United States was going to war against


Doctors’ conflicts troubling

Opinion: Minnesota Daily: The potential for doctors to have financial conflicts of interest regarding


Despair plagues inner cities

Opinion: By Alvaro Huerta Tribune News Service Those of us who grew up in ghettos and barrios are all too


Good, bad and ugly results of Youngstown council races

Editorial: In addition to winners and losers, some decisively encouraging and some downright discouraging