DEAR EDITOR: Here’s what the shooting by ICE in Minnesota comes down to. There is a substantial minority of this country who blindly follow whatever an “authority” figure tells them. Millions of Americans would actually be more comfortable in North Korea, where they’d have to do no ...

DEAR EDITOR: Now that we have state-sanctioned murder of citizens by the Trump administration via Homeland Security and ICE, what is next? Trump, cowgirl Noem, the murdering ICE agent and the presence of thousands of ICE agents in Minnesota, represent provocation and chaos and perhaps ...

DEAR EDITOR: I have noticed that news outlets have consistently referred to kidnapped Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro as the head of an “authoritarian” government. AI defines “authoritarian government” as follows: An authoritarian government is a political system in which a single ...

DEAR EDITOR: With all that is happening here domestically, I cannot help but ponder where the rest of the world is and why no one is saying a word. Any time we’ve invaded (read: nation built) other countries that use their own military against their neighbors or their own populace, we get ...

DEAR EDITOR: Here we go again — people protesting for the wrong things. ICE was formed because of 9/11 happening. We were attacked by radical Muslims in airplanes. Has America forgotten? ICE is a group of Americans that wants to help keep our country safe. These blue cities in 2020 ...

DEAR EDITOR: It was sad to have to say goodbye to Dr. Louis Zona, who served as director of The Butler Institute of American Art, following in the footsteps of Joseph Butler and Clyde Singer. Youngstown is very fortunate to possess such a magnificent gem of an art collection under the ...