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Editorials

Hegseth’s war on woke goes too far

When Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered the cancellation of any official observance of “cultural awareness” months in the military service, I wondered what it would mean for the legacy of Milton Olive. In case you didn’t know, Milton Lee Olive III was the first black American ...

Generation Z . . . for Zohran Mamdani

How does a 33-year-old lifelong do-nothing — a person who has never held a real job, never suffered a true challenge, been handed everything on a silver platter — turn into a mayoral frontrunner in New York City? How does a self-described socialist who despises capitalism become the leading ...

Reelect Santos, return Davis in Austintown

The race for two available seats on the Austintown Township Board of Trustees has been one of the most interesting and hotly contested races in the 2025 general election. As recently as a month ago, six candidates were vying for those seats. Even after Emily Ciccone withdrew from the race ...

Retain Yacovone, Costello in Boardman

Boardman Township voters have four choices for two available trustee seats in Tuesday’s general election. Incumbents Tom Costello and Steve Yacovone are seeking reelection, while challengers Matt Gambrel and Cody McCormick have positioned themselves as potential agents of change. Costello, ...

Islamophobia acts as weapon

“I want to use this moment to speak to the Muslims of New York City,” mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani declared through rehearsed tears and a well-oiled frog-in-his-throat. “I want to speak to the memory of my aunt, who stopped taking the subway after Sept. 11 because she did not feel ...

Toxic femininity is nonsensical

“Why Can’t a Woman Be More Like a Man?” — Henry Higgins Those are the words librettist Alan Jay Lerner penned for the fictional professor Henry Higgins in the 1956 musical “My Fair Lady,” and honestly, it could have been the title of Helen Andrews’ much-discussed recent essay ...