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Youngstown board of ed bungles renewal of 10.7-mill property tax

Opinion: I’ve been a newspaper reporter for 31 years and yet I still get surprised. I want to thank the


Congress must do more than pass red flags laws

Editorial: Los Angeles Times: As he headed off Wednesday morning to Dayton and El Paso to console the most


Trump has polluted the social environment in which we live

Opinion: “It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an


Economy stacked against young

Opinion: By Josh Hoxie OtherWords The mechanics of wealth building are fairly simple. Save more than you


Future of Y’town schools takes a turn for the worse

Editorial: The Youngstown Board of Education’s failure to meet a 4:30 p.m. Wednesday deadline for placing the


President Trump called a racist for telling truth about Baltimore

Opinion: Calling someone “racist” has become the default position for liberal politicians and certain members


Policy, politics and love

Opinion: By KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ Andrews McMeel Syndication I was sitting at a policy roundtable in


Prevention must take center stage in strategies to rein in opiate epidemic

Editorial: Columbus Dispatch: It may take years to sort out the proportionate blame for the deadly opioid


After carnage in Dayton, it’s time for Legislature to finally do something

Editorial: The Plain Dealer: Too often when the unthinkable happens, when someone with a powerful firearm fells


There was much conflict but little clarity at the Democratic debate

Opinion: WASHINGTON After the second two-night Democratic candidates’ “debate,” Joe Biden remains a


Trump goes on twitter tirades

Opinion: By Will Durst Cagle Cartoons President Donald Trump’s Chaos Strategy was working overtime


Mass shootings in El Paso, Dayton will not sway GOP

Editorial: It doesn’t matter how many thoughts and prayers are being pledged for the innocent victims and their


Judge to the Washington Post: Don’t try too hard to get it right

Opinion: By Ann Coulter Andrews McMeel Syndication Recently, U.S. District Court Judge William O.


US must never strike first

Opinion: By Olivia Alperstein OtherWords Seventy-four years ago this August, the U.S. dropped nuclear


How do we control rage that fuels mass shootings?

Editorial: Chicago Tribune: A murderous madness broke out in America this weekend, extending from El Paso,