DEAR EDITOR: Now that enough MAGAites in red states are learning the cost of Trump’s Big Beautiful tax bill, they realize they have stepped in a Magnificent Meadow Muffin so malodorous as to shutter Congress with disgust. Ditto, the “clean” CR. Playing their double-down tactic for bad ...

DEAR EDITOR: The Valley lost another true leader of the community this past week with the passing of Sister Ann McManamon, the founder of the Youngstown Dorothy Day Catholic Worker House. Sister Ann opened the house in 2009 to serve those in need of food, showers, or simply a place to sit and ...

DEAR EDITOR: As of writing this today (Tuesday), the impasse continues in D.C. over funding the government. Likewise, both sides are calling this “The Democrats’ Shutdown” or “The Republicans’ Shutdown.” This is absolutely a misnomer. The proper nomenclature for this is exactly ...

DEAR EDITOR: U.S. Rep. Rulli has been silent while thousands of Ohioans lose health care benefits and watch their household bills increase. He sees no problem with National Guard troops from Ohio sent to D.C. to fight crime while crime in Cleveland and Youngstown is far worse. If federal ...

NPR and PBS shouldn’t be getting any funding from the U.S. government. They should also have their 501(c)(3) status revoked. They are the most blatant of propagandists and a neo-Marxist arm of the Dem Party this side of Moscow. They give no apologies for even their most blatant lies when ...

DEAR EDITOR: Genealogically, my maternal and paternal arrivals to the United States occurred in 1913 and 1921, respectively. Long before my family’s presence on this continent, the work of establishing our nation was done. And what a nation it is! Cue the chorus! Strike up the band! Wrap ...