“Just FYI if you’re seeing the news right now, I’m totally safe,” a son enrolled at Brown University texted me. “I’ve been home for a few hours now and wasn’t there when stuff started to happen. Seems to be some crazy shooting near Brown.” What?! I turned on CNN and saw the ...
’Tis the season. No, not that season. It’s the season for end-of-year lists.Time magazine, which, like so much in print journalism has suffered from a loss of readers, has published its annual list called the “most influential people of 2025.” The list includes “Artists, Innovators, ...
DEAR EDITOR: Perhaps the most powerful and instructive components of the Constitution is the one mostly ignored by the courts — until recently. The 10th Amendment is short and states: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to its ...
The shiny newsletter we just received from Mahoning County gives the following confusing statement: “Ohio law prevents automatic tax increases when property values rise, keeping levy collection steady.” In 2024, my real estate tax bill increased $557 from 2023 due to the property ...
ORCHID: To newly appointed Youngstown police Chief Sharon Cole and to newly appointed Youngstown fire Chief Courtney Kelly for their well deserved promotions that further shatter the glass ceiling for women reaching the top in safety-service leadership roles in the Mahoning Valley. Cole has ...
DEAR EDITOR: Donald Trump ran as the “affordability president.” His mission on day one, he said, is to bring prices down, significantly reduce inflation and make everything much more affordable for all Americans. Grocery prices would be his first target. Within six months of his ...