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Opinion

Trump: Chaos with impunity equals autocracy

DEAR EDITOR: And just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse … well, guess what, they just did! Recently a vast swath of deluded American voters have returned an ethically and morally bankrupt plutocrat back to D.C. Even worse, the formerly “Congressional clown car,” aka, ...

Why shouldn’t President Biden pardon his son?

DEAR EDITOR: Why the big headline about President Biden pardoning his son, Hunter? If the people of the United States can elect a person who has committed far worse crimes to be president, why shouldn’t a president pardon his own son? Isn’t this the example that we are showing that we ...

Orchids and onions

ORCHID: To Youngstown City Council for approving demolition of the long-vacant and sorely blighted South High School Fieldhouse. Council last week authorized spending $301,000 to tear down the structure and its outdoor bleachers. That action paves the way for a $9 million project by Valley ...

Voltage Valley is primed for more growth

Five years ago this month, the first faint sparks blew over the Mahoning Valley that many hoped would intensify to rebrand the region as the Voltage Valley of America. On Dec. 5, 2019, executives of General Motors and LG Energy Solution announced plans for a state-of-the-art electric-vehicle ...

It’s time for this nation of ours to begin healing

DEAR EDITOR: This nation of ours is in need of healing from “the consequences” of this past election, especially when we hear of marriages and families breaking up over its outcome. Most Americans like myself would have preferred not to vote. Neither candidate seemed to win our ...

Sound off! Readers share their thoughts

Dec. 7 Sound Off was typical. Seven letters, five from Democrats belly aching about Trump and his supporters. Same old garbage. All they have left is sour grapes. Maybe you should realize that your party stinks. That’s why you lost. — Canfield Governor DeWine gets to appoint someone to ...