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Opinion

Trump fulfills his promise

If you wanted to look at it this way, President Trump is keeping his promise to end wars by taking out an Iranian regime that has made war on us and underwritten terrorism throughout the Middle East and the world since its 1979 revolution. In killing Iran’s top leadership, including ...

MV Freedom Fighters show hope is still alive

DEAR EDITOR: In a time when politics feels like blood sport rather than public service, two recent events in the Youngstown area offered something rare: Hope. On Sunday, Feb. 22, the Mahoning Valley Freedom Fighters (MVFF), hosted a Congressional Candidate Forum for the OH-6 race at the ...

It’s time for Americans to come together

DEAR EDITOR: To all the Trump haters and supporters, it is clear we must come together and work out a plan for survival. Just one positive and completed benefit for everyday Americans would be a start. We must stop all this hate, chaos and destruction and come together to prove that we ...

Commissioners, it’s time to act on taxes

DEAR EDITOR: To all three Trumbull County Commissioners: It’s time you stop talking and enact the Homestead Exemption for all Trumbull County seniors. Grow a set, and get it done. You raked in millions from the property tax assessments from the re-evaluations from the past year. Quit ...

If you want to be ‘seen,’ try seeing others

I recently came across a curious headline: “The Retirement Crisis No One Warns You About: Mattering.” Very few people leaving the workplace have prepared for losing a big part of their identity, according to the Wall Street Journal article. They long to “feel seen” in the next chapter ...

Elections plagued by economic problems

DEAR EDITOR: Election interference by establishment elites is rampant in both political parties. To think that our local elections are immune is delusional. The May Primary races within Mahoning and Columbiana counties such as the 7th District Court of Appeals, the Ohio Secretary of State ...