Opinion and Editorial

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Cafaro Foundation’s promise spurs airport’s bid for United

Editorial: A commitment of $100,000 to the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport by the Cafaro Foundation will


Chief Justice O’Connor slams door on debtors’ prisons

Opinion: Roughly a year ago, I wrote about a number of Ohio counties that were locking away indigent


Drug tests could have saved Boardman lives; ex-cons deserve 2nd chance; don't dump dogs; ban fracking throughout Mahoning County

Opinion: Drug testing could have saved lives of Boardman High grads The Boardman school board has taken the


Delving into county pay increases

Opinion: Today, as readers plow into reporter Pete Milliken’s Mahoning County pay raises story on Page A1, it


Death penalty debate rages

Opinion: COLUMBUS Attorney General Mike DeWine released his annual snapshot of the state’s administration


Good luck with quieting rally

Opinion: Rapid City (S.D.) Journal: The most common complaint from area residents to the annual Sturgis


Russia continues to threaten security of Eastern Europe

Editorial: With 35,000 to 40,000 Russian troops armed to the teeth positioned near the border with Ukraine,


Tax reform remains elusive

Opinion: WASHINGTON The Sisyphean task of tax reform should be tried only by someone who will not flinch


Columnist is cancer-free a year after surgery

Opinion: 2 of Ernie's friends say get prostate exams


Landfills can’t be ignored

Opinion: Williston (N.D.) Herald: One thing we have all learned over the last few years is dealing with the


Is Obama sacrificing America?

Opinion: Japan recently turned over to the United States enough weapons-grade nuclear material to make dozens


Camp Fitch marks rich past, proud present, hopeful future

Editorial: Not many 100-year-olds in our community can boast of as much robust health, energy, resilience and


Don’t stereotype child abusers as looking like social misfits

Opinion: Don’t stereotype child abusers as looking like social misfits Since April is “Child Abuse


Judicial hopefuls get dissed

Opinion: The three judicial candidates “not recommended” by the Mahoning County Bar Association for the


A bit back to the future

Opinion: Houston Chronicle: An obsolete locomotive sits at the center of Houston’s city seal. It is a