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Opinion

47’s mental health … or the lack thereof

DEAR EDITOR: It amazes me that major media outlets: CNN, FOX, CBS, MSNBC, etc., haven’t given serious coverage of Trump’s mental health, specifically his erratic, often consistent and deviant departure from the norm. In other words, behaviors usually considered acceptable cultural and ...

Natural gas helping Ohioans stay warm

DEAR EDITOR: With the cold front coming in and temperatures dropping quickly across the state, Ohioans need reliable and affordable energy to stay warm. Our state’s essential natural gas provides the dependable power for furnaces and heat pumps. With over 63% of Ohio residents relying ...

Can the President disrupt free speech?

While the country’s attention was drawn to the federal government shutdown, President Donald Trump signed National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 (NSPM-7), which purports to designate the ideology of antifa as a “domestic terrorist organization” and directs federal law enforcement to ...

Republicans are failing to communicate

In the 1967 film “Cool Hand Luke,” the “Captain” says to Luke (Paul Newman) “What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.” The same could be said of the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress. While they have much to brag about — from a closed border, the ...

Who benefits from bishop’s decision?

DEAR EDITOR: The Diocese of Youngstown’s (Bishop Bonnar’s) new ban on funeral visitations inside church buildings, effective Dec. 1, 2025, is being sold as a matter of “decorum” and respect for sacred space. I was raised Catholic, and went to Catholic school from kindergarten through ...

Sound off!

We know that bone spurs can be caused by stomping your feet to get your way. Lie, deny, whine, appeal, appeal, appeal. The nanny (Supreme Court) gives in every time. As we’ve been told ... he is a “stable genius.” — New Springfield As the Washington Commanders consider a name for ...