DEAR EDITOR: We all knew one growing up. The playground bully. We saw him pick on smaller kids after school or at recess. We saw him pull on girls’ ponytails. We saw him lift a pack of chewing gum at the drugstore. We saw him drinking beer behind the movie theater. He lied to our teachers. ...

DEAR EDITOR: Education is the key to all doors of opportunities, and forms the map to guide us through the maze of roads in our lives. It frees us from poverty, if we are poor, and gives us better insight and appreciation, if we were born rich. Education has no boundaries and no expiration ...

DEAR EDITOR: As a veteran I must speak out against oligarchy, totalitarianism, tyranny, megalomania, insanity, and yes the cowards in my former political party. I plead to Congress and USSC Justices to stop the insanity of implementing Canadian tariffs. There may be a justification for ...

DEAR EDITOR: I will never understand how DEI has become the new right boogeyman. DEI initiatives simply try to bring more voices to the table, to enfranchise the disenfranchised and to include those that have been previously oppressed. But seemingly none of that matters. It is a convenient ...

DEAR EDITOR: So Tito Brown hired his daughter-in-law for a city position. Is anyone surprised? I took a written civil service test in 2018 for the Youngstown Water Department collections supervisor position. I finished first on the test, I have been a lifelong resident of Youngstown and I ...

DEAR EDITOR: At this writing, our current president has signed 270 “Executive Orders” and there is no doubt it will continue to grow. This isn’t anything new. Past presidents have signed such orders, but the average is right around 250 for their entire four-year term. What exactly is ...