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Virginia’s other choice for governor

Opinion: ARLINGTON, Va. When William F. Buckley, running as the Conservative Party’s candidate for mayor of


Reagan’s edifice is costliest

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords How’s this for irony? Ronald Reagan — worshipped as the supreme


Beachum, Adair, Williams will manage Y’town schools crisis

Editorial: There is no sugar-coating it: Youngstown City Schools remain firmly entrenched in a state of


Probe won’t be done before election

Opinion: Two weeks ago I wrote that all indications were that the investigation into sexual harassment claims


Turkey betrays Israel and the US

Opinion: A new report has sent a jolt through the world of spies and spy-handlers, with revelations of a


For Austintown schools: Mock, Schnurrenberger and Jakubec

Editorial: If you believe the new campus that encompasses the elementary and intermediate schools is a


US lenders should just say no to underwriting more debt

Opinion: The fiasco in Washington over the partial government shutdown, raising the debt ceiling and


Despite opening inaccuracy, all Americans should see ‘Butler’

Opinion: Despite opening inaccuracy, all Americans should see ‘Butler’ The first scene in Lee Daniels’ film


Black ‘leaders’ have been destructive

Opinion: Years ago, someone said that, according to the laws of aerodynamics, bumblebees cannot fly. But the


Return Fulks, Landers, Poma to the Boardman school board

Editorial: The 4,500-student Boardman school system has long reigned among the largest and most academically


Ohio already has tough laws for disclosing drilling chemicals

Opinion: Ohio already has tough laws for disclosing drilling chemicals There’s been a GREAT DEAL OF talk


Trustees Bettile, Cartwright keep Canfield on right track; they deserve support of voters

Editorial: Although Canfield Township boasts a savings account that would be the envy of many communities in


GOP’s fool’s errand

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Whacking yourself on the head with a ball-peen hammer would be


Story of slavery is television at its best

Opinion: Can something as tragic and immoral as slavery become, if not less tragic, then noble, even


Teachers, parents must work together to prevent child abuse

Opinion: Teachers, parents must work together to prevent child abuse As a future early-child- hood