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Opinion

Orchids & onions

Editorials

ORCHID: To Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost for leading his annual Capital Crimes Executive Summary report last week with the horrid and brutal assault and murder of 12-year-old Raymond Fife of Warren nearly 41 years ago. He aptly did so to illustrate the ineffectiveness of the state’s death ...

Don’t forget Campbell’s ruling in fatal crash

Letters to the Editor

DEAR EDITOR: Living in Cortland, I see a lot of political signs for Thomas Campbell for judge. Truthfully, I didn’t know a lot about Judge Campbell until I read about a ruling he made in a court case in August of last year. The case involved a 19-year-old driver who was on his phone, ...

Multi-pronged attack is needed to wage war on child abuse

Editorials

Those cruising past Warren G Harding High School or Boardman Park this month cannot help but notice the gargantuan garden of colorful pinwheels planted firmly in the ground and spinning whimsically in the wind. That plethora of 2,500 total pinwheels is designed to grab attention to a noble ...

Our memories together compared to today’s zealotry

Letters to the Editor

DEAR EDITOR: My memories are my recollection of the past. Disquieting. I am searching today, delving into the comparison of an off-color world (the present) compared to how I once knew it. It was 1945. I was born into a nation celebrating the victory over a Nazi regime, along with an ...

Pope Leo’s flawed war doctrine

Editorials

Pope Leo XIV used part of his Palm Sunday message to castigate the United States for attempting to stop Iran from becoming a nuclear power and threatening the world with mass destruction. In doing so, the “American Pope” confused the real enemy in the war. Addressing thousands in St. ...

Turn old TMH building into middle-class apartments

Letters to the Editor

DEAR EDITOR: First of all, I had worked at Trumbull Memorial Hospital for 29 1/2 years. I have been out of there for the past 19 years. They made bad business decisions over the years. Putting that aside, the building should be made into Trumbull middle-class apartments — not low-income, not ...