Opinion and Editorial

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Socialists feed dependency

Opinion: Socialists feed dependency A July 19 column by Jill “J.R.” Labbe was headlined, “Food stamp


Gays under attack

Opinion: By Lane Filler Newsday Lately I’ve found myself on the horns of a deep-fried dilemma. My


Surrender days prove worth; coming now to Youngstown

Editorial: It’s not a Get Out of Jail Free card, but the safe-surrender days sponsored by Ohio Attorney


Chick-fil-A owner has right to opinion

Opinion: Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy is in hot water with the LGBT community because he committed the


Bad rule for business

Opinion: Kodiak (Alaska) Daily Mirror: Two weeks ago, the state of Alaska filed suit against the federal


Milton Friedman was a rare thinker

Opinion: If Milton Friedman were alive today — and there was never a time when he was more needed — he would


Public workers’ compensation is a tough sell in private sector

Editorial: Trumbull County Commission- er Paul Heltzel was on the mark with this characterization of the bonus


Danger in Arctic

Opinion: By Marilyn Heiman McClatchy-Tribune Oil industry plans to drill exploratory wells in America’s


Parked car no place for kids, animals

Opinion: By Lindsay Pollard-Post People for the Ethical Treatment of Animal It’s a nightmare come true:


Why are the roads here so bad?

Opinion: Why are the roads here so bad? I was born in Youngstown in 1955, left and moved back in 1974, and


Israel confronting a flood

Opinion: TEL AVIV Walk through Levinsky Park near the central bus station here and you might think you were


Seeking outside evaluation in cop vs. cop case isn’t a bad idea

Editorial: The Boardman Township adminis- tration is coming under fire for hiring an outside investigator to


Leviathan on fishing expedition

Opinion: SAN FRANCISCO The huge humpback whale whose friendliness precipitated a surreal seven-year — so


Consumers drive an economy

Opinion: Consumers drive an economy A letter last Sunday re- marked on partial quote of President Obama’s,


Copts in Egypt are worried

Opinion: Among the biggest losers from the current Arab political upheavals are the Christian minorities of