Opinion and Editorial

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America needs a thicker skin

Opinion: America needs a thicker skin 2 How many times did I hear this from my father during my childhood


There are no easy answers to Liberty’s financial crisis

Editorial: If there is a silver lining in the bleak financial future of Liberty Township, it is that state


Medicaid growth is too costly

Opinion: Steubenville Herald-Star: Ohio legislators worried about paying the state’s bills are getting a bad


Malala stands up to Taliban

Opinion: These days the news from abroad is mostly grim. So it was inspiring last week to watch Malala


Don’t let verdict widen rift

Opinion: By Ed Morales McClatchy-Tribune We can’t let the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial widen a


Where’s the Obamacare train wreck?

Opinion: By Barbara Shelly The Kansas City Star Sorry to interrupt the incessant drone about the


Border wall is destructive

Opinion: By Krista Schlyer McClatchy-Tribune Hold the applause for the Senate’s immigration bill. It


Hamas’ fortunes dwindle as conflicts roil Middle East

Opinion: If there is one group that has suffered whiplash at every turn of Egyptian politics — and from the


Don’t treat Snowden like a hero

Opinion: ASPEN, Colo. Edward Snowden is no Socrates and no Martin Luther King Jr. I’ll explain these


Do-Nothing House strikes again

Opinion: Miami Herald: Here they go again: The House of Representatives managed to pass a farm bill last week


Work to ensure cooling trend in city’s homicide rate endures

Editorial: After enduring a sweltering heat wave last week and with the hot dog days of August on the horizon,


Betras can’t be blind to the scandals

Opinion: From the time he was chosen to lead the Mahoning County Democratic Party four years ago, David

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Penn National can be mediator in Y’town-A’town JEDD battle

Editorial: Left to their own devices, Youngstown and Austintown government officials will not find common


Recipe for solving cold cases

Editorial: The recent indictment of 64-year- old James Ferrara for a triple homicide in 1974 in Canfield


Money is not the primary factor in decision on Mooney, bishop says

Opinion: Money is not the primary factor in decision on Mooney, bishop says Bertram de Souza’s July 14