Opinion and Editorial

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What does future hold for Detroit?

Opinion: By ROBERT J. SAMUELSON Washington Post Writers Group WASHINGTON If nothing else, Detroit’s


Forgotten War remembered

Opinion: Seattle Times: Sixty years ago Saturday was the day a silent, brusque signing of an armistice treaty


Intrigue veils race for mayor

Opinion: Retired Youngstown Police Chief Jimmy Hughes’ decision to drop out of the race for mayor and support


Paying for someone else’s Greatest feeling

Opinion: Dave Peduzzi signed up for Greatest Golfer of the Valley last year on kind of a whim. He doesn’t


Greed fuels rapid rise in gas prices

Opinion: Greed fuels rapid rise in gas prices Here we go again. As re- ported on “World News Tonight,” the


A fond farewell

Opinion: The Paramount Theater is nearly gone now. All that remains is the rubble of brick, stone, and


Valley is called upon to rally for another major employer

Editorial: The Northeast Ohio Correctional Center, the 2,016-bed private prison on Youngstown’s North Side, has


Think of higher education as an investment, because it is

Editorial: We have commented from time to time over the years on tuition rates at Youngstown State University,


Look to Virginia for political theater

Opinion: HOT SPRINGS, Va. Virginia’s gubernatorial races always get special attention as the nation’s


What’s in store for budget?

Opinion: COLUMBUS Lawmakers left town a few weeks back for their summer recess, and you could almost hear


Becoming a one-party state

Opinion: Becoming a one-party state Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette: Has West Virginia sunk so badly into right-


All eyes on 6th District race

Opinion: U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson, a Republican from Marietta, won his second term last year by 6.7 percentage


Entitlement programs unsustainable

Opinion: By R. BRUCE JOSTEN McClatchy-Tribune WASHINGTON Any honest assessment of America’s entitlement


An investment in the future

Opinion: By Fred Andrle McClatchy-Tribune COLUMBUS, Ohio During bad economic times, government spending


Youngstown’s bond law can be a powerful weapon in the battle against blight

Editorial: Building a strong, diversified and bountiful arsenal of munitions often proves critical to success