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The First Christmas

Editorial: And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the


Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine

Editorial: Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine A story in Saturday’s Vindica- tor told of how some local


Upgrading county dog pound is a necessary act of humanity

Editorial: Whether justified, the Mahon- ing County dog pound has long had the reputation of being a dumping


Yes, Virginia

Editorial: EDITOR’S NOTE: The following editorial, among the most famous ever written, appeared in The New York


Let’s hope a valuable lesson was learned in Washington

Editorial: Whether John Boehner paint- ed himself into a corner or whether his own Republican delegation did it


Campbell should ask state to straighten out its books

Editorial: Before Mayor WILLIAM VanSuch launches the search for a new finance director — it seems clear that


Leaderless N. Koreans don’t know how bad they have it

Editorial: Some people just love their monarchs. How else can anyone explain the weeping and gnashing of


Clean Ohio: A state program that has been a boon to Valley

Editorial: The Kasich administration need only look at the 2008 general election to appreciate the strong,


Compromise needed to extend tax cuts, unemployment pay

Editorial: House Republicans maintain that increasing the top rate for the nation’s highest wage earners would


No surprises in the worst 100

Editorial: No surprises in the worst 100 A story in last Sunday’s Vindica- tor reported that all of the


Ohio GOP gives new meaning to the concept of ‘spoils of war’

Editorial: There’s good and bad news in the Ohio General Assembly’s approval last week of a new congressional


Rand Becker has earned accolades from Playhouse

Editorial: Rand Becker, president of the Youngstown Playhouse’s board of directors, has received a well-


Texting and handheld phones are a hazard on the highway, and there are bodies to prove it

Editorial: Texting and handheld phones are a hazard on the highway, and there are bodies to prove it It is


U.S. had few viable options to recover drone from Iran

Editorial: We find it REVEALING that one of the architects of the misguided invasion of Iraq would now be


Demanding more and giving a hand will produce results

Editorial: There’s a state-mandated aca- demic distress commission overseeing the Youngstown City School