Opinion and Editorial

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Politicos running for TV careers

Opinion: By Peter Funt Cagle Cartoons The snide old saw in college used to be: If you can’t make it in


Move cautiously, responsibly on increasing Ohio gas tax

Editorial: M ost motorists who each day valiantly venture onto the crater-filled terrain of many roads in the


Supply of drugs isn’t the problem

Opinion: By Jill Richardson OtherWords As the sister of a brother lost to an opioid overdose, President


Valley Rep. Ryan faces long odds if he decides to run for president

Opinion: U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan is attracting national media attention for his potential run for president in


Fifth Ave. face-lift, other projects will energize city

Editorial: One by one, key pieces of downtown Youngstown’s strategic redevelopment puzzle are securely falling


Trump’s attack on press plays out on Capitol Hill

Editorial: Days after a supporter of President Donald J. Trump’s attacked members of the press during a rally


Trump’s emergency declaration puts Republicans in a tight spot

Opinion: By MARC A. THIESSEN Washington Post WASHINGTON If the goal is to build a border wall, then


War movies ignore reality

Opinion: By Mike Ferner OtherWords Newspapers on the other side of the world are calling it “the biggest


National emergency declaration by Trump is an act of cowardice

Opinion: WASHINGTON We have a national emergency, all right. Its name is Donald Trump, and it is a force of


History would tell Trump to keep US out of Venezuela

Editorial: St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Even as President Donald Trump works to extricate the U.S. military from


Stop all anti-rich rhetoricSFlb

Opinion: By Christine Flowers Cagle Cartoons The accountant prepared my taxes last week. Usually, I get a


Don’t pay attention to billionaires

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Once upon a time, there was a place where the prevailing ethic of


Now it’s the Southern Baptists

Opinion: My first reaction upon hearing that hundreds of leaders in the Southern Baptist church had sexually


Curbing need for opioids

Opinion: By Paul Armentano OtherWords In the struggle to address rising levels of opioid misuse and


Trump wrong in equating border wall to 9/11 attacks

Editorial: President Donald J. Trump asked Congress for $5.7 billion to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico