In 2020, Chinese President Xi Jinping declared, “The East is rising, and the West is declining.” It certainly looked that way during former President Joe Biden’s term. In August 2021, Biden surrendered Afghanistan to the Taliban. During the chaotic pullout, a suicide bomber killed ...
DEAR EDITOR: You would think U.S. Rep. Mike Rulli might know a thing or two about grocery stores and might have ideas on how the government can help bring down the cost of goods. I guess you would be wrong or maybe he is too busy buttering up to Trump. To date, no bills sponsored by Rulli ...
DEAR EDITOR: Public libraries succeed because they remain closely connected to the communities they serve. For over one hundred years, the public library has been the centerpiece of Niles, connecting people to one another and to the ideas of the past, present and future. At McKinley Memorial ...
DEAR EDITOR: What’s in a word? We all know that words can be used to help us or hurt us. Words can even save us sometimes. The word save is an especially important word. It is loaded. The acronym SAVE which stands for Safeguard American Voter Eligibility is especially loaded. President ...
The past two weeks have been hard. U.S. missiles and bombs have caused as of Wednesday at least 1,300 civilian deaths in Iran, including 188 schoolchildren. Seven American service members have perished. A direct line connects this violence with the U.S. government’s violence over the past ...
ORCHID: To Austintown Township trustees and Police Chief Valorie Delmont for acting quickly and responsibly in response to voters’ approval in November of a new, five-year renewable 2.22-mill tax levy that will generate about $2 million annually for the police department. Last week, three new ...