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Opinion

Ignore your standing, seek accountability

DEAR EDITOR: It’s time! The current administration’s chief executive has a history of making promises and false accusations, often titled minor false statements or a mere misquote. But there have been far too many of those, which, due to the falsehoods, have and can create a dire ...

The price of perfect nihilism

When President Donald Trump first announced that he had ordered the Pentagon to attack fishing boats and speedboats on the high seas which he said carried dangerous drugs destined for willing buyers in the United States, many of us who monitor the government for its indifference to the ...

Remembering the work of Ted Frazzini

DEAR EDITOR: It was with great sadness that I read the obituary of Ted Frazzini. Ted was the driving force in initiating girls softball in Canfield. Back in 1978, Ted was successful in receiving permission from the Canfield Baseball Club at McCune Park in Canfield to start a 12-U girls ...

A message from the Twitterer in Chief

DEAR EDITOR: In the dead of night last Friday, the Twitterer in Chief via his own pathetically misnamed internet platform (Truth Social), announced he was attacking Iran. Timing of the announcement provided him leeway to avoid questions why, other than providing distraction from his domestic ...

America engaging in wars of choice

DEAR EDITOR: As the “king of peace” contemplates war on Iran, Cuba, Colombia and who knows where else, he may want to consider hard-learned lessons from past wars; despite an unpopular government, a nation’s citizens will unite furiously against foreign troops on their soil. The bravery ...

Many Mahoning Valley candidates quit races

It’s not that difficult to get on the ballot — though plenty of candidates over the years struggle to qualify. It’s even easier to get off it. All a person who qualifies for the ballot needs to do is submit a letter of withdrawal and they’re no longer a candidate. There’s ...