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Opinion

Total solar eclipse totally lived up to the hype

When Monday started, the anticipation was building toward the total solar eclipse that was happening later that day. We had a great coverage plan for the event that spanned across both Trumbull and Mahoning counties. Our Ed Runyan was in Lake Milton at Halliday’s Winery for its eclipse ...

Disobey bad laws to show civil disobedience

DEAR EDITOR: Should good people disobey bad laws as a way of civil disobedience? We’re now going through another tax season, with over 74,000 pages of tax code to figure out what we owe the Federal Government. Remember that ignorance of the law is no excuse for failure to follow the law. ...

Voting for experience, integrity every day

DEAR EDITOR: I have read recent editorials about how the Mahoning County prosecutor’s role is to put criminals in jail and I agree that is the primary responsibility of the prosecutor. Others apparently did not because the appointments made by the Mahoning County commissioners and later ...

We still get to vote for whom we like, right?

DEAR EDITOR: Democracy is a system of government in which state power is vested in the people or general population of the state. According to Democrats, Trump will destroy democracy. Democracy belongs to democrats. Trump wants to return democracy to the people. State power is used by the ...

Orchids and onions

ORCHID: To the Youngstown Playhouse for planning a gala event to mark the prelude to its 100th anniversary during the 2024-25 season. The region’s largest and oldest community theater is hosting a special set of performances tonight as a creative preview to what will be in store for audiences ...

Conservatives cannot change government

DEAR EDITOR: What if Donald Trump’s actions during his presidency, good and bad, were not his own ideas but were conveyed to him by conservative think-tank organizations? The Heritage Foundation, created in 1973, appointed itself to produce a plan for incoming presidents. Republican ...