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Letters to the Editor

East Palestine falling between the tracks

DEAR EDITOR: I have always strongly encouraged my children and others not to live their lives filled with cynicism. I have also advocated for the place of government, specifically as to its constitutional role. Our cynicism usually finds government at its epicenter. East Palestine, its ...

Trump, congressmen, voters un-American

DEAR EDITOR: On Thursday, Sept. 18, in the wake of the Jimmy Kimmel issue, Donald Trump made the following statement while being interviewed on Air Force One: “And if [broadcast outlets] are 97% against — they give me only bad publicity or press — I mean, they are getting a license. When ...

Trump engaged in war games in U.S.

DEAR EDITOR: I had been worrying that 47’s specious deployments of federalized National Guards as well as masked secret police of ICE were actually war game practice for midterm and 2028 elections. When he suggested to a mandatory gathering of all military flag officers during his Quantico ...

Why call DOD the Department of War?

DEAR EDITOR: As one who served at the Pentagon during 9/11, I was proud to serve under the auspices that I was a defender of our homeland rather than being thought of as one who wages war. By issuing an executive order to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War, it ...

Sound off!

It’s great to note the healthy growth of student enrollment at YSU. The good things happening at Youngstown State seem to have started around the time President Bill Johnson took the helm. Looks like he’s making good on his promise to make our university the envy of higher education in the ...

What about Trump’s hateful rhetoric?

DEAR EDITOR: Republicans believe that Charlie Kirk’s death is another act of political violence caused by the malicious, hateful rhetoric from the radical left, and they may be partially correct in that assessment. VP Vance has made it clear that he believes any person who promotes, ...