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Opinion

Fitness questions surround region

Editorials

All that technology we drag around with us all the time is giving researchers data that provides insight into everything from our travel to fitness. If you have a habit of checking your health and fitness data through a smart watch and app, you are not the only one keeping track. Data from ...

Sharing awareness of multiple sclerosis

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: In 2006, I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. When diagnosed, I did not know what MS was. Others, along with myself, experience the various challenges of MS, and no two people experience the same effects. No one has chosen to live with MS; it has chosen us. There are ...

Mazeroski made the area proud

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: I was saddened to learn of the death of Bill “Maz” Mazeroski, a legend in our neck of the woods. I first learned of him through my husband, Lamont, and friends, the main one being Jack Cebulka, who went from Smithfield High School to the Steubenville Barons, I believe. ...

Reasons to vote Republican

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: A Democrat friend asked me to give her one valid reason why she should vote Republican. Here are a few:. Some people have Trump Derangement Syndrome — their minds can’t comprehend the same evidence that makes common-sense American patriots outraged. Some of their ...

History’s non-mysteries

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: An ancient tale—possibly apocryphal—recounts the story of Sextus Tarquinius, the son of a king, who forced himself on Lucretia, a virtuous Roman woman. Sextus threatened to kill both Lucretia and her servant if she resisted, and afterward Lucretia, overwhelmed by shame, ...

Guest column/God bless America: A clean, unmistakable message

Local Columns

The State of the Union delivered a clear and unmistakable message: America First. When we put our country first, we are at our strongest. President Donald Trump outlined key priorities of the America First agenda — priorities I have been working to advance for years. One of the most ...