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Disrupt, politely

Opinion: Perhaps you’ve been in this following situation I’m about to outline. I suppose I’ve been there


Uncle Dewey and WWII

Opinion: Much of what’s printed in The Vindicator is what we gather or you provide. But some comes from other


When was your last official indicted?

Opinion: A year ago, a three-member panel of the 8th District Court of Appeals reviewed the conviction of


TJX project introduced to residents butt first

Opinion: You don't enter a home butt first


Strudders proud

Opinion: Kalea Hall represents how it used to work so well for communities and the daily newspapers that


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CEO. Mom. Addict.

Opinion: Owner. CEO. Mom. Addict.


Where's Joe's Gang of 32?

Opinion: One of the more popular recent items The Vindicator has ever sold (outside of the daily newspaper)


Someone had to lead first

Opinion: A few new restaurants will be giving it a go in downtown Youngstown in upcoming weeks, and the


School walkout was a day of learning

Opinion: Wednesday’s National School Walkout became a great lesson. But oddly, the lesson was for the


Seeking Youngstown's special Irishman

Opinion: The 40th annual St. Patrick’s Day Celebration parade embarks today in Boardman, with Pete Gabriel

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Is this the time for gun change?

Opinion: America – from lawmakers to police to citizens – had a cavalier attitude toward drunken driving.


Change won’t come from people in power

Opinion: My youngest son was not the first in his pack of friends to get his driver’s license. We were in


Journalism when leadership falters

Opinion: This week, Michigan continued to buckle under the weight of so many institutions that failed in the


Popular columnist John Rosemond returns to Vindicator

Opinion: The family psychologist’s columns offer advice about children and grandchildren


Bullied by a government

Opinion: “U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services employees are expected to practice high ethical standards