Opinion and Editorial

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‘Hottest’ thing on social media

Opinion: The Ironton (Ohio) Tribune: (A) viral fundraising campaign — the Ice Bucket Challenge — is,


Innovation, promise, elation greet start of the school year

Editorial: Conflict over Common Core, controversy over third-grade reading guarantees and quandaries over


Line not to be crossed on beheadings

Opinion: WASHINGTON “Don’t watch the video. Don’t share it. That’s not how life should be.” So tweeted


Common Core debate in Ohio fueled by politics within GOP

Editorial: It is significant that a bill aimed at killing Common Core in Ohio is before the House Rules


US remains a resilient nation

Opinion: Canton Repository: Two hundred years ago this week, Washington was burning. The President’s House


Youngstown leaders must act urgently on wastewater plant

Editorial: The urgent need to upgrade aging wastewater treatment plants across the state and the nation to


Living one’s life without God in it fuels depression

Opinion: Living one’s life without God in it fuels depression The recent tragic death of Robin Williams


Salute farmers at Canfield Fair

Editorial: Hearty bites of DELIGHTFUL deep-fried Twinkies and topsy-turvy twists aboard high-flying amusement


‘The Tapes’ would make an ideal gift

Opinion: Talk about the perfect stocking stuffer for Christmas: Copies of The Tapes made by the FBI during


State audit of engineer’s office should not be political football

Editorial: Mahoning County Engineer Patrick Ginnetti is suggesting that a state performance audit of his office


Anti-frack issue could pass this time; Not all Americans are lefties; Recalling better days near old St. Joe's; Death penalty and fairness; Valley drivers are the rudest

Opinion: Anti-fracking issue in city stands decent chance of passage this fall I offer a contrary analysis


Absentee ballots present risks

Opinion: COLUMBUS In a week or so, eligible Ohio voters will receive an application in the mail to


Inadequate fix for algal blooms

Opinion: Akron Beacon Journal: Applaud John Kasich for mobilizing resources to attack the problem of toxic


Islamic State militants’ savagery cannot be ignored by the region

Editorial: Arab leaders in the Middle East can no longer sit back and watch — with trepidation, no doubt — as


Ferguson highlights media, mob mentality

Opinion: Those of us who admit that we were not there, and do not know what happened when Michael Brown was