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Opinion

Support HB 364: Heart-healthy step

DEAR EDITOR: As a member of the State Advocacy Committee for the American Heart Association, I have seen how heart disease and stroke touch nearly every family in our state. While many factors influence our cardiovascular health, one of the most significant — and often overlooked — is ...

The American police state has arrived

In recent days, the government in America has not only failed to protect the freedom of speech, it has attacked it. Like authoritarians throughout history, it has sought to silence the speech it hates and fears. But most authoritarians did not have a Constitution that was written as an ...

Sound off!

As a global-warming activist, this weather has taken me by storm. How do I reconcile my beliefs during this Armageddon with subzero-zilla bearing down on our once-roasting planet? Am I in denial? Yes, the once-legion global-warming followers are jumping ship nowadays, but it’s heart-warming ...

Every aspect of Epstein scandal must be probed

Of course, Bill Clinton should cooperate with any investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s trafficking of underage girls. The suggestion that Democrats would shield a former president from questions that might tarnish his legacy speaks ill of Democrats. This concerns a criminal enterprise, not ...

Celebrate, observe one full century of Black History Month

2026 has dawned as a momentous red-letter year for American history. As most know by now, the United States already has launched America250, its supersized patriotic bash to commemorate its 250th anniversary as a proud independent nation. What far fewer of us recognize, however, is that ...

Support the symphony and all Valley assets

DEAR EDITOR: Last evening my wife and I attended the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra concert, Fantastique. It was played at the Stambaugh Auditorium, and it was magnificent! If you weren’t there, you missed an event that was entertaining and warmed a very cold winter’s night. It was the ...