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Editorials

Orchids & onions

ORCHID: To all the organizers — especially lead sponsor Covelli Enterprises — along with the many donors, volunteers and, of course, the 8,000 runners, walkers and crawlers in this year’s Panerathon fundraiser last Sunday in downtown Youngstown to build awareness of and treat breast ...

Ohio must act to use or lose death penalty

Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins and Portage County Prosecutor Connie Lewandowski are mad as hell, and they don’t want Ohioans to take it anymore. Their legitimate outrage targets this state’s misguided seven-year pause in carrying out the will of thoughtful judges and juries and ...

Trump takes a stand on crime

Democrats have lost another issue. They had hoped to tie President Trump to “ungentlemanly behavior” at the late Jeffrey Epstein’s “Love Island,” but no less a character witness than Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s procurer of underage girls and young women, has told Justice Department ...

For a parent, it’s always the first day of school

The first day of school recently arrived at our house. I woke up early to get the kids ready in time to take a few pictures out on the front porch before we left. I have to admit, I made them do the chalkboard thing — the mug shot where you write their teacher’s name and their grade on a ...

Public safety and the presidency

President Donald Trump argued last week that as a result of the federal enhancement of police work in Washington, D.C., the city has gone in four days from being the most dangerous in America to being the safest. He cited no evidence but relied apparently on his own observations and anecdotal ...

Follow the path God has designed for you

Purpose anxiety has been a topic of introspective discussion this year, with Psychology Today featuring a February article by Jordan Grumet, author of “The Purpose Code: How to unlock meaning, maximize happiness, and leave a lasting legacy.” In his article, Grumet discusses five signs he ...