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Editorials

Bad decisions made by Good forced ICE to take lethal action

Renee Good died on Wednesday in Minneapolis. She had been attempting to block Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents engaged in federal law enforcement activities. Along with other protestors, Good involved herself in what federal agents were doing and used her car to block them. ...

Hollywood deserves boos for vilifying individualism

Many popular movies make a constructive point: If you work hard enough and push through tough times, you can achieve your dreams. In “The Pursuit of Happyness,” a struggling father tells his son, “Don’t let anyone tell you, you can’t do something.” The movie is a true story about ...

Orchids & onions

ORCHID: To the Mahoning County Commissioners and Boardman Township Trustees for authorizing the renaming of a large stretch of Market Street in Boardman the Clarence “Sonny” Smith Jr. Memorial Highway. In addition to Smith’s sharp business acumen at the helm of Diamond Steel, Compco ...

Go blue Sunday to join the war on human trafficking

On your travels Sunday to worship, to dine, to shop or to view the latest action thriller, do not be surprised if you find yourself surrounded in a sea of blue. Be proud. That’s because Sunday, as designated by state, national and international bodies, is Human Trafficking Awareness Day. ...

An old and a new year

“What’s past is prologue” wrote William Shakespeare in “The Tempest,” a thought profound enough to be engraved on the National Archives building in Washington. As America prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, a blip on history’s ledger compared to many other nations, we ...