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Snowden’s defenders are fakers

Opinion: The global hunt for Edward Snowden is damaging U.S. interests in ways that go far beyond the


Paula Deen dishes up food for thought

Opinion: By Dahleen Glanton Chicago Tribune Now we know that Paula Deen has used the N-word. Was it a


Inspiring immigration story

Opinion: Rolando Rodriguez left Reynosa, Mexico, and came to the U.S. at age 15. Like any normal teenager, he


Excuses for Deen don’t cut mustard

Opinion: By Curtis Tate McClatchy-Tribune In the past week, many commenters have rushed to defend fallen


We’re equal under the law

Opinion: By Kathi Wolfe McClatchy-Tribune The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act


Choices mattered at Gettysburg

Opinion: WASHINGTON In the 1780s, the son of a farmer in south-central Pennsylvania purchased from his


Hungry kids in the summer

Opinion: Chicago Sun-Times: For kids, summer is a time to relax. But for many of the 288,000 children in Cook


Court takes affirming action

Opinion: “Character, not circumstance, makes the person.” — Booker T. Washington The Supreme Court’s narrow


School board does right thing with new contract for Hathorn

Editorial: By approving a retire/rehire plan for Youngstown schools Superintendent Connie Hathorn, the board of


Bad driving is a security issue

Opinion: Bad driving is a security issue Dodging OVI prison time in Youngstown is a bit of a cottage


Youngstown’s traffic cameras iffy; surveillance cameras not

Editorial: It took Youngstown lawmakers four years to get from talking about traffic cameras to voting to place


Obama now knows how Valley feels

Opinion: First, it was China that gave President Obama a figurative wet noodle when he asked the communist


Introducing three Greatest families

Opinion: We’re halfway through our fourth summer of Greatest Golfer of the Valley presented by Farmers


End of the Anderson era at YSU

Editorial: It was a different age in education when Cynthia E. Anderson entered Youngstown State University as


Cardinal Mooney should provide a safe, sound and Catholic education

Opinion: Cardinal Mooney should provide a safe, sound and Catholic education I have recently become very