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Opinion

The simple truth is that Ohioans are fat

DEAR EDITOR: Regarding the editorial, “Ohio and WV face serious health issues.” You don’t need extensive studies to know one thing — Ohioans are fat. After living elsewhere for many years we moved back to Youngstown and immediately noticed that Ohio had serious health problems. ...

A ‘permanent pause’

Following the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington the day before Thanksgiving, President Trump announced he wants to “permanently pause migration” at least until he is satisfied that those from Afghanistan and other unstable countries have had their backgrounds thoroughly ...

Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day still relevant

Eighty-four long years ago this Sunday, the world was forever changed. On that “day of infamy,” as revered former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt so boldly declared it, Japan launched a massive surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and other American military facilities in Hawaii that ...

Sound off!

47 says he’s shutting down immigration from over a dozen minority countries because a National Guard member was shot and killed. Her death is horrible. But would he stop immigration from Italy if the shooter was Italian, or England if he was British, or German or Russian, or Hungary if he was ...

Today’s party is not filled with your dad’s Democrats

DEAR EDITOR: Who are you? Do you identify as a Democrat from days gone by or do you identify with the new Socialists saying they are Democrats? I have been registered as a Democrat for over 60 years, but since the Biden administration created all the problems Congress is now attempting to ...

Like dictators before him, Trump’s road to tyranny is paved with hate

The shooting of two National Guard members by a gunman identified by the authorities as an Afghan national was horrific. But Trump’s response has been disproportionate and bigoted. He vows to “permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries.” He intends to deport legal ...