Opinion and Editorial

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‘Real Fact’: City has some weird laws

Opinion: Arby’s and the Good Humor Bar. Ed O’Neill and Warner Brothers. Ron Jaworski and Ray Mancini.


City should take into account the hazards of shale gas development

Opinion: City should take into account the hazards of shale gas development Based on evidence from other


President must face ‘reality’

Opinion: Barack Obama apparently believes that America is “Masterpiece Theater,” when, in fact, it is “Honey


The high cost of jailing

Opinion: For the first time in nearly 40 years, the number of state prisoners in the United States has


City schools deserve a chance to prove the detractors wrong

Editorial: When Superintendent Connie Hathorn talks about “right-sizing” the Youngstown City School District,


Girard Lakes have a potential that should be explored and developed

Opinion: Thanks to factors that in- clude a new pipe mill, Girard, a city of some 10,000 north of Youngstown,


Straight talk on the economy

Opinion: David Walker isn’t running for president, but he’s on a nationwide bus tour focused on what voters


Apply cell phone ban to all

Opinion: Rapid City (S.D.) Journal: The South Dakota Legislature has twice defeated a ban on texting while


O’Neill spices up judge race

Opinion: COLUMBUS Ohioans should be thanking Bill O’Neill for running for Supreme Court. I’m not saying


Low OVI conviction rate not an encouraging sign

Editorial: The horrific traffic accident that claimed the lives of a Newton Falls couple, Jamie and Emily


Remembering 2 trailblazers

Opinion: Last month, death took two more longtime Mahoning Valley black trailblazers — Margaret Linton-


Truth about capital gains

Opinion: One of the many false talking points of the Obama administration is that a rich man like Warren


Romney the artful dodger

Opinion: WASHINGTON I was prepared, sorta, kinda, to defend Barack Obama’s debate performance until I heard


No substitute for free ID

Opinion: No substitute for free ID Herald-Dispatch, Huntington, W.Va.: More than 30 states have enacted or


Think about cost of wars

Opinion: Speaking to a men’s breakfast club in downtown Fort Worth last week, I was challenged by one person