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School critiques need balance

Opinion: School critiques need balance I attended a meeting May 7 at Boardman High School that was


Who lost Latin America?

Opinion: If President Barack Obama and presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney spend any time talking


Is America’s future at risk?

Opinion: By Karin Chenoweth The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, Va.) WASHINGTON It doesn’t take much


Feds need to cage Wall St. cheetahs

Opinion: By Bart Chilton McClatchy-Tribune Two years ago, the Dow Jones industrial average dropped nearly


Ohio is derelict in failing to regulate wild animals

Editorial: The initial reaction last October to the carnage that resulted when Terry Thompson released 50 wild


Where does gambling money go?

Opinion: Where does gambling money go? I spent 121/2 years at the Uni- versity of Nevada, Reno, and for 10


Air Force needs answers

Opinion: Air Force needs answers Chicago Tribune: Anyone flying the world’s most advanced jet fighter must


Driving the American dream

Opinion: “You have a Prius. ... You probably compost, sort all your recycling, and have a reusable shopping


Europe’s elections revealing

Opinion: In last week’s Greek elections, the far-right, ultranationalist Golden Dawn party, whose members


Mom’s gift of home

Opinion: A news show on TV a few weeks back lamented a bit on the trend of twentysomethings moving back in


Why not a casino for Y’town?

Opinion: Youngstown Mayor Charles Sammarone may not have planned it, but by doubling down (black jack


No one is condoning violence

Opinion: No one is condoning violence For Bertram de Souza to sug- gest in his column of April 29 that we


Cameras are a necessary evil in city that’s infected by crime

Editorial: It’s no secret that crime remains an intractable problem in the city of Youngstown — through no


Focusing on what’s important

Editorial: Focusing on what’s important In a more genteel age, mothers told their sons and daughters, “never


Wildfires fraught with danger

Opinion: Rapid City (S.D.) Journal: A recent report that found no human fault in the death of wildland