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Trump’s perception of economy is bogus

DEAR EDITOR: Now that Mr. Trump, our national Master of Misdirection, has launched an illegal and unconstitutional war in the Middle East, killing thousands of civilians, not soldiers, all noncombatants, he believes America will put its concerns about inflation and our economy aside. Not gonna happen! As a result of enduring Trump’s painful State of the Union address, more voters are coming to the realization that the man seems to be living in some alternate universe. Several national polls conducted after the address actually showed his popularity, even among Republicans, ...

USPS needs overhaul to save some money

DEAR EDITOR: The United States Postal Service (USPS) has one job: deliver the mail. You write a letter, address it, and put a stamp on it that pays for the delivery service. It’s a lot more complicated than that, obviously, but when you get right down to it, that’s the only objective; deliver the mail in a timely fashion. But the USPS has been operating in the red nearly every year this century, now to the tune of $9 billion a year. I used to be an avid stamp collector, and still get the “USA Philatelic” catalog of “stamps and stamp-inspired products.” With a whole lot of ...

Sound off!

Another reminder of Catholic priest abuse is in the Tribune this morning. This time it involves Bishop Thomas Tobin,the ex-bishop here in Youngstown. Will this ever stop? Back to Ohio. The church wants the Ursuline state civil cases dropped. How despicable! And the diocese want the federal cases left at the fed level. Why? So the cases can be swept under the rug there. Parishioners should quit contributing to the perverted organization until ALL parties are held responsible. — Warren The most un-presidential president in American history has referred to the half of Americans who ...

Sound off! March 7-8

Shame on U.S. Rep. Michael Rulli. Congressional censure is not about protecting Donald Trump’s delicate feelings. If Trump can’t take the heat for his own bad joke, he should resign. Where was Rulli when Trump posted the racist video? We can only assume Rulli is a racist, too. — Niles Wake up, Warren City Council. After watching the last meeting, I was amazed at how unprofessional many members were dressed — in tennis shoes and blue jeans. City Council gave themselves an 89% raise, which equates to $1,000 per meeting, so they should be able to buy some business attire and look ...

Access to guns largely to blame for youth violence

DEAR EDITOR: In your editorial of Feb. 15, “Youth crime: Why don’t some kids value life?” you lament the recent violence in our city; sentiments we all share. But you blame “The economic and social shifts of the last 50 years” which “produced some young people who clearly do not value life the way those who came before did.” You offered no evidence of what those changes might have been, but it seems to me that you overlooked a far more likely, and obvious, factor leading to kids shooting kids: Estimates are that there are at least 400 million guns in the United ...

American prodigy: Here comes that rainbow again

DEAR EDITOR: What were the chances that we would be given this gift? By sheer luck we have beaten all odds. Yes, President Donald Trump will certainly be ingrained in the history of America and of the world. He has shown us talents we never could have imagined and most likely will never understand. He may be recognized as a master of American Social Realism and a practitioner of naturalism, which highlighted the struggles of every man. Protagonists against the forces of hate and injustice. Comparable to what John Steinbeck would write in “The Grapes of Wrath,” this president ...