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War and morality

Editorials

War is the most horrific series of events upon which any government can engage. It is systematic, industrialized, indiscriminate killing. It kills innocent adults and little girls. It often ruins the post-war lives of the killers. It is young men violently fighting old men’s power games. It is the health of the state. The war President Donald Trump is waging against the people and the government of Iran is immoral, unconstitutional and unlawful. Yet, because Congress is not doing its job, there appears to be no relief in sight until Trump finds a face-saving way to erase his grave ...

Rejoice in biblical tale of Easter

Editorials

On this hallmark holiday weekend in the Christian faith, we present below the biblical story of Easter: Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.” So Peter went out with the other disciple, and they were going toward the tomb. Both of them were running together, but the other ...

See it how it goes living in a communist state

Letters to the Editor

DEAR EDITOR: Perhaps we should designate California a communist state. Or, possibly, the entire Left Coast of America (Seattle has a 16-foot tall statue of Lenin). People who want communism can then move there. They can experience, first hand, just what that is. We should fund moving expenses: No private property; everything is owned by the state, including you. A home will be assigned to you. A job will be assigned to you; nobody lives OFF the state, you live FOR the state. Food choices will be limited. Everyone receives the same per capita monthly stipend; equality. Free ...

Lessons from the Vietnam War for Iran

Editorials

We Americans are an impatient lot. If we must engage in warfare, we would prefer it be wrapped up in weeks, not months, and certainly not years like World War II, Korea and Vietnam. In those wars we had the draft, so more Americans were engaged in fighting and watching their progress, or lack thereof. Today, while recruiting numbers have increased in our all-volunteer military, the taste for war among the public has declined. One of President Trump’s positions that attracted voters was his promise to end wars, not start new ones. Granted, any candidate running for president can ...

Sound off!

Letters to the Editor

No Kings protests are useless and ineffective. They are largely performative and lacking in concrete policy demands. These demonstrations are simply a way to “blow off steam” rather than a strategic campaign with specific goals. Trump is still president and continues to make America great again! — Struthers In response to last week’s Sound Off: No, Democrats do not want to give illegal aliens the right to vote! This is just another “alternate fact” that the Lying King and his propaganda cable news enablers promote to deflect from his crimes and power grabs. This man ...

Confronting the financial extraction of community healthcare in the Mahoning Valley

Guest columnists

Policy Statement White Paper The Community Hospital Stabilization Act How Financial Engineering Gutted Mahoning Valley Hospitals — And What Washington Must Do About It The collapse of our regional hospital system was not mismanagement or bad luck. It was a deliberate financial strategy that stripped value from community healthcare infrastructure while leaving local families, workers, and taxpayers to absorb the consequences. This did not just happen in our district, but across the country. Introduction: What I See Every Morning Each morning when I wake up in Warren, Ohio, I look ...