Opinion and Editorial
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New Y&S Railroad owner takes over troubled system
Editorial: Last year, we were disappointed when a company with a presence in the Mahoning Valley failed to
Stimulus debate continues
Opinion: WASHINGTON The treatment helped. The patient is recovering. The doctor is still being accused of
A good animal cruelty law
Opinion: Rapid City Journal, Rapid City, S.D.: Efforts at increasing the punishment for mistreating animals
Toyota endowment opens another path to education
Opinion: Northeast Mississippi Journal, Tupelo, Miss.: Toyota’s arrival in Northeast Mississippi seven
Let new Trumbull drug court restore order to juveniles’ lives
Editorial: As with adults, crime and drug abuse among juveniles remain inextricably linked. Four of every five
When ‘all natural’ just isn’t
Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords The delightfully naughty movie star Mae West liked to joke: “I used
Sen. Cruz looking out for himself
Opinion: Freshman Sen. Ted Cruz says many things that need to be said and says them well. Moreover, some of
Obama takes law into his own hands
Opinion: “If at my convenience I might break them (laws), what would be their worth?” — Charlotte Bronte,
Door is now open to broaden crackdown on steel dumping
Editorial: The U.S. Department of Commerce ruling that anti-dumping and countervailing duties on Chinese
Tea party is growing up
Opinion: Ever since a wave of conservative insurgents arrived in Washington after the congressional election
Hillary ruthless? Come now
Opinion: WASHINGTON Hillary Clinton is our national Rorschach test. What you see says more about you than
East Side deserves equal services
Opinion: East Side deserves equal services I am writing regarding Mayor John McNally’s and Councilman Paul
Find more work slots or restore food stamps to needy Ohioans
Editorial: By all accounts, Ohio in general and the Mahoning Valley in particular have a long road to hoe
Nonpayment of taxes is a disqualifier for public office
Editorial: No, you aren’t imagining things. The headline above has appeared in this space in the recent past.
Public officials see no evil
Opinion: First, some comic relief — from the political tension that has gripped the Mahoning Valley for a
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